Al Hayat Ministries

Analysis

Al Hayat Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Chesapeake, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Al Hayat Ministries reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.8m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al Hayat Ministries sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salem Village ($1.8m), Compassionate Dharma Cloudmonastery ($1.8m) and Yeshivas Ner Moshe Association ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $275k against liabilities of $170k, net assets of $105k. It reported 10 employees.