Wayside Cafe Ministries

Analysis

Wayside Cafe Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in El Paso, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Wayside Cafe Ministries reported income of $91k and spending of $75k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $115k to $91k (-21%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wayside Cafe Ministries sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iglesia Palabra de Fe de Sherman ($91k), Heart Line Ministries Inc ($91k) and Sound Mind ($91k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $271k against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $246k.