Martha and Mary Lutheran Services

Analysis

Martha and Mary Lutheran Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Poulsbo, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Martha and Mary Lutheran Services reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $3.1m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Martha and Mary Lutheran Services sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention Inc ($3.1m), American Friends of or National Missions ($3.1m) and Servicios Sociales Episcopales Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.0% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $243k, net assets of $4.5m. It reported 68 employees.