The Society of Christian Ethics

Analysis

The Society of Christian Ethics is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, The Society of Christian Ethics reported income of $207k and spending of $254k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $257k to $207k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Society of Christian Ethics sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include True Daughters Inc ($207k), A41 Inc ($207k) and The Fig Tree ($207k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.2% and program service revenue 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $959k against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $901k.