Greenhouse Ministries

Analysis

Greenhouse Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Murfreesboro, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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 December 2023, Greenhouse Ministries reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $1.8m (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Greenhouse Ministries sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adult & Teen Challenge of the Greater South ($1.8m), Sylvia Center Incorporated ($1.8m) and Youre with US Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $782k. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 55 employees.