Ben Lim Ministries

Analysis

Ben Lim Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Hawaiian GDNS, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Ben Lim Ministries reported income of $451k and spending of $481k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $292k to $451k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ben Lim Ministries sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crossbridge Action Network ($451k), Chicago Advocate Legal NFP ($451k) and Elm Institute Inc ($451k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $37k (7.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $6,875 against liabilities of $154k, net assets of -$147k. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.