Christian Charities USA

Analysis

Christian Charities USA is a registered charity in United States, based in San Rafael, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 April 2024, Christian Charities USA reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income fell from $1.6m to $1.5m (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Christian Charities USA sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Green Chimneys ($1.5m), Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund Inc ($1.5m) and Lake Oconee Academy Foundation Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $440k.