Rivers of Living Water Apostolic Ministries

Analysis

Rivers of Living Water Apostolic Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rivers of Living Water Apostolic Ministries reported income of $123k and spending of $89k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $200 to $123k (+61642%), an average of +398% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 61928%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rivers of Living Water Apostolic Ministries sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding Inc ($123k), River Jordan Project Inc ($124k) and Henderson Center Residential Services Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $301k.