Ministry on the Margins

Analysis

Ministry on the Margins is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2017, 9 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, Ministry on the Margins reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $366k to $1.7m (+367%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ministry on the Margins sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart of God Ministries Ltd ($1.7m), Conservative and Amish Mennonite Medical Sharing Ministry ($1.7m) and Christian Community Foundation of South Florida Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $76k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $475k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 32 employees.