Saint Mary and Archangel Raphael Coptic Orthodox Church

Analysis

Saint Mary and Archangel Raphael Coptic Orthodox Church is a registered charity in United States, based in South Amboy, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2025. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Saint Mary and Archangel Raphael Coptic Orthodox Church reported income of $765k and spending of $912k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $765k (-24%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Saint Mary and Archangel Raphael Coptic Orthodox Church sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Chin Immanuel Church ($764k), Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries Inc ($765k) and Safe Harbor Homes and Services ($764k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $14k. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $4.3m, net assets of $3.2m.