Ascension Health Global Mission

Analysis

Ascension Health Global Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. 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, Ascension Health Global Mission reported income of $3.9m and spending of $2.1m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $465k to $3.9m (+737%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 4684%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ascension Health Global Mission sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mind and Spirit Counseling Center ($3.9m), Metro Health Inc ($3.9m) and Connecticut Yankee Council Boy Scouts of America ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.5m against liabilities of $5,400, net assets of $10.5m.