Bear Paw Ministries

Analysis

Bear Paw Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Newport, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Bear Paw Ministries reported income of $1.0m and spending of $811k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $389k to $1.0m (+159%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bear Paw Ministries sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reelfoot Rural Ministry of the Memphis Annual Conf of UN Meth CH ($1.0m), Hindu Temple of Frisco ($1.0m) and Rahmat-E-Alam Foundation of Washington ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.1% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $214k. At year end it held assets of $406k against liabilities of $69k, net assets of $336k. It reported 15 employees.