Serve International Ministries

Analysis

Serve International Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Katy, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Serve International Ministries reported income of $273k and spending of $288k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $134k to $273k (+104%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Serve International Ministries sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orphans Elderly and Disabled Development - United States ($273k), Nepal Cleft & Burn Center Inc ($273k) and One Village Fair Trade Goshen Inc ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $26k (9.0% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2,382 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2,382.