Lost Sheep Ministries Intl

Analysis

Lost Sheep Ministries Intl is a registered charity in United States, based in Coon Rapids, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, Lost Sheep Ministries Intl reported income of $52k and spending of $83k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $68k to $52k (-24%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 799%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lost Sheep Ministries Intl sits at the 16th percentile: it is larger than about 16% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 16th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Resources for Recovery Inc ($52k), Lansing Central Alcoholics Anonymous Group ($52k) and Olympia Alano Club Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $20k (25% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $620k against liabilities of $593, net assets of $619k. It reported 1 employees.