Encouraging the Nations

Analysis

Encouraging the Nations is a registered charity in United States, based in Statesville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Encouraging the Nations reported income of $135k and spending of $135k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $102k to $135k (+31%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Encouraging the Nations sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brock Family Community Foundation ($135k), United Way of Hawkins County Inc ($135k) and Long Beach Island Rotary Foundation ($135k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $28k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $28k.