Urban Ministry Inc

Analysis

Urban Ministry Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1979, 47 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, Urban Ministry Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $726k to $1.4m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Urban Ministry Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 87th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center ($1.4m), Jewish Childrens Home of Rhode Island ($1.4m) and Mindful Growth Foundation ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $396k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 31 employees.