Rhema Christian Learning Center

Analysis

Rhema Christian Learning Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Rhema Christian Learning Center reported income of $1.0m and spending of $948k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $481k to $1.0m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rhema Christian Learning Center sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caribbean Youth Club Inc ($1.0m), Ossipee Concerned Citizens Inc ($1.0m) and Seed to Table Oregon ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $175k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $421k. At year end it held assets of $553k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $553k. It reported 23 employees.