Ministry News Monthly Lists

50 Largest U.S. Ministries – 2019

The Editors October 31, 2019

Each month, MinistryWatch.com publishes lists of interest to donors and non-profit executives. This month’s list is the 50 largest Christian ministries in the MinistryWatch.com database, ranked by revenue. We compiled the chart based on Form 990s that tax-exempt organizations make available to the public. We used the most recent year available, which in most cases is 2017, but in some cases is 2016. Clicking on the name of the ministry will take you to the MinistryWatch.com profile of that ministry, which – in most cases – includes five years of financial information, contact information for the ministry, and key ratios and other analysis. The MinistryWatch ratings are on a 1-5 scale, based on a variety of factors, including the amount of donor funds used for administration and fundraising purposes, a 5-star rating being the best.

	Ministry	Website	Leader	Year Founded	MinistryWatch Rating (1-5)	Annual Revenue
1	World Vision, Inc., U.S.	www.worldvision.org	Mr. Richard Stearns	1950	4	$1,043,654,000
2	Catholic Relief Services	www.crs.org	Carolyn Y. Woo	1943	4	$978,593,000
3	Food For The Poor, Inc.	www.foodforthepoor.org	Robin G. Mahfood	1982	5	$948,711,067
4	Compassion International, Inc.	www.compassion.com	Mr. Jim Mellado	1952	3	$890,571,000
5	Samaritan's Purse/ Operation Christmas Child	www.samaritanspurse.org	Mr. W. Franklin Graham III	1970	3	$800,823,590
6	Christian Broadcasting Network/ CBN/ 700 Club	www.CBN.com	Mr. Michael Little	1960	4	$638,978,486
7	Catholic Medical Mission Board / CMMB	www.cmmb.org	Mr. John F. Galbraith	1928	5	$603,889,475
8	Cru / Campus Crusade for Christ	www.ccci.org	Mr. Steve Douglass	1951	3	$598,409,000
9	MAP International	www.map.org	Mr. Steve Stirling	1954	5	$598,362,997
10	Mercy Corps	www.mercycorps.org	Mr. Neal Keny-Guyer	1979	4	$460,576,000
11	Young Life	www.younglife.org	Mr. Newton F. Crenshaw	1941	3	$441,154,888
12	Feed The Children	www.feedthechildren.org	Mr. Kevin Hagan	1979	4	$417,793,016
13	Operation Blessing International/ OBI	www.ob.org	Gordon Robertson	1978	5	$276,804,696
14	Habitat for Humanity International	www.habitat.org	Mr. Jonathan Reckford	1976	2	$255,883,677
15	Citihope International	www.citihope.org	Rev. Paul S. Moore, Sr.	1985	4	$253,449,629
16	ChildFund / Christian Children's Fund/ CCF	www.childfund.org	Ms. Anne Goddard	1938	3	$233,914,234
17	Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc./ WBT	www.wycliffe.org	Mr. Bob Creson	1942	2	$209,329,000
18	Educational Media Foundation/ EMF / K Love	www.emfbroadcasting.com	Mike Novak / Alan Mason	1980	3	$192,756,177
19	Covenant House	www.covenanthouse.org	Sister Patricia A. Cruise, D.C.	1968	1	$179,546,977
20	Convoy of Hope	www.convoyofhope.org	Mr. Hal Donaldson	1994	4	$177,989,591
21	Christian Blind Mission /CBM	www.cbmus.org	Mr. Ron Nabors	1976	5	$159,070,761
22	Trinity Broadcasting Network / TBN/ Paul & Jan Crouch	www.tbn.org	Mr. Paul Crouch	1973	1	$143,465,277
23	YMCA of the USA	www.ymca.net	Mr. Kenneth Gladish	1844	4	$142,614,980
24	The Navigators	www.navigators.org	Mr. Mike Treneer	1933	3	$137,990,000
25	Unbound/Christian Foundation for Children and Aging	www.unbound.org	Mr. Scott Wasserman	1981	4	$136,020,035
26	Christian Aid Ministries	www.christianaidministries.org	Mr. David Troyer	1981	5	$133,697,256
27	Heifer Project International	www.heifer.org	Ms. Jo Luck	1944	1	$131,308,473
28	Food for the Hungry, Inc.	www.fh.org	Mr. David Evans	1971	3	$129,454,104
29	Fellowship of Christian Athletes/ FCA	www.fca.org	Mr. Les Steckel	1954	3	$129,203,067
30	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews	www.ifcj.org	Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein	1983	3	$128,243,485
31	Gideons International	www.gideons.org	Mr. Craig Warner (Executive Director)	1899	4	$127,659,922
32	Christian Appalachian Project	www.christianapp.org	Mr. Bill Mills	1964	4	$122,803,147
33	Bethany Christian Services	www.bethany.org	Mr. Chris Palusky	1945	4	$121,232,817
34	Crista Ministries	www.crista.org	Mr. Robert Lonac	1948	3	$118,307,000
35	Mercy Ships	www.mercyships.org	Mr. Don Stephens	1978	1	$111,735,572
36	Billy Graham Evangelistic Association	www.billygraham.org	Rev. Franklin Graham	1950	3	$108,350,359
37	Joyce Meyer/ JMM/ Enjoying Every Day Life/ Life in the Word	www.joycemeyer.org	Ms. Joyce Meyer	1986	4	$107,276,456
38	InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA	www.intervarsity.org	Mr. Tom Lin	1941	3	$103,194,000
39	Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc.	www.imaworldhealth.org	Mr. Paul Derstine	1960	5	$97,305,113
40	In Touch Ministries/ Charles Stanley	www.intouch.org	Dr. Charles Stanley	1972	4	$95,320,511
41	Focus on the Family	www.family.org	Mr. James D. Daly	1977	3	$90,634,000
42	American Bible Society/ ABS	www.americanbible.org	Dr. Roy L. Peterson	1816	1	$87,579,767
43	Children's Hunger Fund / CHF	www.childrenshungerfund.org	Mr. David Phillips	1991	5	$84,526,467
44	World Relief	www.worldrelief.org	Mr. Stephan Bauman	1944	4	$79,194,318
45	International Justice Mission/ IJM	www.ijm.org	Mr. Gary Haugen	1994	2	$74,008,718
46	Mission to the World, PCA	www.mtw.org	Dr. Paul Kooistra	1974	3	$68,330,211
47	CURE International	www.cure.org	Dr. C. Scott Harrison	1996	3	$63,810,358
48	Pioneers, Inc.	www.pioneers.org	Mr. Steve Richardson	1976	3	$63,367,716
49	Medical Teams International (MTI)	www.medicalteams.org	Mr. Jeff Pinneo	1979	4	$63,228,420
50	Ethnos360, Inc. pka: New Tribes Mission, USA	www.ntm.org	Larry Brown	1942	3	$61,658,434