Jesus Ministries International

Analysis

Jesus Ministries International is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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, Jesus Ministries International reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.6m, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.7m to $1.1m (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Jesus Ministries International sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strategic Alliance Ministries International ($1.1m), Faith an Endowment for Orthodoxy & Hellenism ($1.1m) and Cornerstone Outreach Ministries Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $2,779, net assets of $3.5m.