The Refinery Mission

Analysis

The Refinery Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Opelousas, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, The Refinery Mission reported income of $914k and spending of $619k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $462k to $914k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Refinery 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 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Yeshivat Chochmat Shlomo ($914k), Venezuela Now Inc ($914k) and Caribbean Youth Network Inc ($913k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $166k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $573k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 3 employees.