Grainery Ministries

Analysis

Grainery Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Salida, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Grainery Ministries reported income of $91k and spending of $126k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $240k to $91k (-62%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grainery Ministries sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Concerts Inc ($91k), Americas Gold Star Families ($91k) and St Patricks Bargain Store Inc ($91k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $358k against liabilities of $3,141, net assets of $355k.