Meher Archive Collective

Analysis

Meher Archive Collective is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2018, 8 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 June 2023, Meher Archive Collective reported income of $322k and spending of $116k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $734k to $322k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Meher Archive Collective sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pu Ti Buddhist Association of America Inc ($322k), Hope & Passion Ministries ($322k) and Mens Barn Meeting Inc ($322k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $92k, net assets of $1.5m.