Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries Inc

Analysis

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sevierville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries Inc reported income of $922k and spending of $627k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $584k to $922k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition ($921k), The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation ($922k) and Key Clubhouse of South Florida ($921k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $175k. It paid $4,971 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 12 employees.