Wind River Ministries Inc

Analysis

Wind River Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Estes Park, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Wind River Ministries Inc reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.1m to $3.0m (-41%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 429%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wind River Ministries Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Door of Hope ($3.0m), Chapel Haven Endowment Inc ($3.0m) and Columbia Barnard Hillel Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $236k (8.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $730k. At year end it held assets of $9.3m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $7.4m. It reported 54 employees.