The First Congregational Church of Long Beach

Analysis

The First Congregational Church of Long Beach is a registered charity in United States, based in Long Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1969, 57 years ago. 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, The First Congregational Church of Long Beach reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.7m (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The First Congregational Church of Long Beach 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 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Center Incorporated ($1.7m), Kachin Baptist Churches USA ($1.7m) and Mississippi United Methodist Foundation Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $611k. At year end it held assets of $18.7m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $17.4m. It reported 26 employees.