High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation

Analysis

High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Amarillo, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation reported income of $16.9m and spending of $17.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $25.9m to $16.9m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boulder Crest Foundation ($16.9m), Becoming Independent ($16.9m) and Young Mens Christian Association of the Iowa Mississippi Valley ($16.9m).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $652k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $206k. At year end it held assets of $541.0m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $539.4m.