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Samaritan’s Purse has confirmed that $19 million in frozen USAID funds has been released to the ministry. Payments to the North Carolina-based evangelical aid organization had been stalled since January, when President Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all federal foreign aid. News of the release follows the Supreme Court’s March 5 ruling that the Trump administration must unfreeze nearly $2 billion for foreign humanitarian work already completed at the government’s behest. “The funding grants that Samaritan’s Purse has with USAID are reimbursement agreements,” said Samaritan’s Purse President and CEO Franklin Graham in a statement to MinistryWatch. “We pay for...

Below is a list of the 50 largest Christian ministries in the MinistryWatch database based on their revenue, which ranges from $77 million to $1.5 billion. This list does not include colleges and universities nor Christian foundations. You can find the list of the largest Christian colleges and universities in the United States here. These 50 Christian ministries represent a total of about $14.3 billion in annual revenue, and is based on revenue from the most recently available Form 990 from the IRS. The column on the far right indicates the most recent year for which we have an IRS...

Various Financial Sector Reports Select a sector, and select which type of financial efficiency rating group to display Sorting: Click on a column header to sort. Hold shift key + click to sort by multiple columns if the first clicked column has multiple rows of identical data. Ministry Noteworthy Efficiency Rating Efficiency Rank Sector Breath of Life, Inc. #1 (100%) Educational Media Children's Medical Ministries (CMM) #2 (99.7%) Relief and Development World Help #3 (99.4%) Foreign Missions Christian Blind Mission /CBM #4 (99.1%) Relief and Development Citihope International #5 (98.8%) Relief and Development Persecution Project Foundation #6 (98.5%) Advocacy Kingsway...

MATTHEWS, N.C. - Wall Watchers, through its donor empowerment Website www.ministrywatch.com, has issued its third Donor Alert for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Wall Watchers CEO Rusty Leonard explained, "The decision by TBN leadership to revert to stonewalling Ministrywatch.com's attempt to obtain crucial answers to important questions of governance and finances at the ministry just two months after TBN Vice President of Administration Paul Crouch Jr. agreed to answer these questions has caused MinistryWatch.com to again recommend that donors withhold contributions to TBN." Donor Alerts are issued, said Leonard, because, "MinistryWatch.com believes educated and knowledgeable donors are the best stewards of...