Wilderness Refuge Recovery Ministries

Analysis

Wilderness Refuge Recovery Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Petal, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2018, 8 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, Wilderness Refuge Recovery Ministries reported income of $90k and spending of $83k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $123k to $90k (-27%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wilderness Refuge Recovery Ministries sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Michigan ($90k), Jessicas Heroes Foundation Inc ($90k) and Cherbonay at Marsalis Independent Living Inc ($90k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $26k against liabilities of $1,773, net assets of $24k.