Saint Paul Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Analysis

Saint Paul Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2025. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Saint Paul Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church reported income of $424k and spending of $137k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $177k to $424k (+140%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Saint Paul Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Presbyterian Church Educators Inc ($424k), Christ-Life Ministries Inc ($424k) and Haiti Episcopal Learning Programs Foundation ($424k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $565k against liabilities of $40k, net assets of $525k.