Country Place Ministries

Analysis

Country Place Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Moscow, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 December 2023, Country Place Ministries reported income of $1.1m and spending of $814k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $672k to $1.1m (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Country Place Ministries sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Punta Borinquen Golf and Country Club Inc ($1.1m), Charlotte Field Hockey Club ($1.1m) and Essence Girls Basketball Program Incorporated ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $81k (10.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $275k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 32 employees.