Epperson Ministries

Analysis

Epperson Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2019, 7 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, Epperson Ministries reported income of $198k and spending of $203k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $339k to $198k (-42%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Epperson Ministries sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healing Arts Project Inc ($198k), Straight Line Foundation ($198k) and Projectone ($198k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.4% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $16k. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $33k, net assets of -$11k. It reported 3 employees.