Make a Difference Ministries Inc

Analysis

Make a Difference Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellijay, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Make a Difference Ministries Inc reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.5m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Make a Difference Ministries Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation ($2.5m), Family Inc ($2.5m) and Vista Rise Collective ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 57% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $866k. At year end it held assets of $8.0m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $6.0m. It reported 135 employees.