Northwest Assistance Ministries

Analysis

Northwest Assistance Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Northwest Assistance Ministries reported income of $9.7m and spending of $11.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $8.9m to $9.7m (+9.2%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northwest Assistance Ministries sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends in Service Helping-Emergency Referral Service ($9.7m), Independent Living Resource Center ($9.7m) and Creative Concepts for Living Inc ($9.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $577k (5.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. It paid $84k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.1m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $6.7m. It reported 92 employees.