Memorial Presbyterian Church
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 50% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
CONNECTION WITH OURSELVES, WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD IS ALSO A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE THESE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND COMMUNION. WE ALSO BELIEVE GODS GRACE WORKS THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS, AND IN OUR WORK AND PLAY. GODS SPIRIT IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH OUR VERY BEING AND EVERYTHING WE DO, DESIRING TO DRAW US INTO DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESS TO GODS PRESENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ALREADY AT WORK IN OUR CITY, BREATHING LIFE INTO IT THROUGH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. GOD IS ALSO WORKING TO BRING RENEWAL IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE BROKEN SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS HAS COME TO REDEEM AND RENEW ALL THINGS ENVELOPS EVERY PERSON AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, INDUSTRY, AND INSTITUTION. WE ARE SEEKING TO DISC
- Income
- $929,486
- Spending
- $929,486
- Spent on programs
- 50%
- Reserves
- 60.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 80%
- Employees
- 8
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 60.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Spending floor
0 of 1550% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 48 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- CONNECTION WITH OURSELVES, WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD IS ALSO A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE THESE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND COMMUNION. WE ALSO BELIEVE GODS GRACE WORKS THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS, AND IN OUR WORK AND PLAY. GODS SPIRIT IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH OUR VERY BEING AND EVERYTHING WE DO, DESIRING TO DRAW US INTO DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESS TO GODS PRESENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ALREADY AT WORK IN OUR CITY, BREATHING LIFE INTO IT THROUGH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. GOD IS ALSO WORKING TO BRING RENEWAL IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE BROKEN SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS HAS COME TO REDEEM AND RENEW ALL THINGS ENVELOPS EVERY PERSON AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, INDUSTRY, AND INSTITUTION. WE ARE SEEKING TO DISCERN WHERE GOD IS ALREADY WORKING AND JOIN IN THAT WORK SO THAT ALL IN OUR CITY MAY FLOURISH. WE LOVE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. IN FACT, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO PRAY FOR THE CITY AND HER FUTURE. THIS GROUP WOULD SOON START A CHURCH. A CHURCH THEY WOULD BUILD WITH THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEN REBUILD AGAIN AFTER THE HURRICANE OF 1928. THROUGH THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO GROW AND LOVE THEIR CITY. MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STANDS AS A CHURCH STRATEGICALLY PLANTED BETWEEN THE NORTON ART MUSEUM TO OUR WEST, OUR BEAUTIFUL WATER WAY TO THE EAST, AND OUR GROWING METROPOLIS TO THE NORTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CULTIVATION AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THAT THE WORK OF OUR CHURCH AND PEOPLE WILL MATCH GODS IMAGINATION FOR OUR CITY IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS. CONNECTION WITH OURSELVES, WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD IS ALSO A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE THESE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND COMMUNION. WE ALSO BELIEVE GODS GRACE WORKS THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS, AND IN OUR WORK AND PLAY. GODS SPIRIT IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH OUR VERY BEING AND EVERYTHING WE DO, DESIRING TO DRAW US INTO DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESS TO GODS PRESENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ALREADY AT WORK IN OUR CITY, BREATHING LIFE INTO IT THROUGH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. GOD IS ALSO WORKING TO BRING RENEWAL IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE BROKEN SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS HAS COME TO REDEEM AND RENEW ALL THINGS ENVELOPS EVERY PERSON AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, INDUSTRY, AND INSTITUTION. WE ARE SEEKING TO DISCERN WHERE GOD IS ALREADY WORKING AND JOIN IN THAT WORK SO THAT ALL IN OUR CITY MAY FLOURISH. WE LOVE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. IN FACT, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO PRAY FOR THE CITY AND HER FUTURE. THIS GROUP WOULD SOON START A CHURCH. A CHURCH THEY WOULD BUILD WITH THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEN REBUILD AGAIN AFTER THE HURRICANE OF 1928. THROUGH THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO GROW AND LOVE THEIR CITY. MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STANDS AS A CHURCH STRATEGICALLY PLANTED BETWEEN THE NORTON ART MUSEUM TO OUR WEST, OUR BEAUTIFUL WATER WAY TO THE EAST, AND OUR GROWING METROPOLIS TO THE NORTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CULTIVATION AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THAT THE WORK OF OUR CHURCH AND PEOPLE WILL MATCH GODS IMAGINATION FOR OUR CITY IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
- $464,739 spent. CONNECTION WITH OURSELVES, WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD IS ALSO A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE THESE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND COMMUNION. WE ALSO BELIEVE GODS GRACE WORKS THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS, AND IN OUR WORK AND PLAY. GODS SPIRIT IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH OUR VERY BEING AND EVERYTHING WE DO, DESIRING TO DRAW US INTO DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESS TO GODS PRESENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ALREADY AT WORK IN OUR CITY, BREATHING LIFE INTO IT THROUGH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. GOD IS ALSO WORKING TO BRING RENEWAL IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE BROKEN SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS HAS COME TO REDEEM AND RENEW ALL THINGS ENVELOPS EVERY PERSON AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, INDUSTRY, AND INSTITUTION. WE ARE SEEKING TO DISCERN WHERE GOD IS ALREADY WORKING AND JOIN IN THAT WORK SO THAT ALL IN OUR CITY MAY FLOURISH. WE LOVE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. IN FACT, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO PRAY FOR THE CITY AND HER FUTURE. THIS GROUP WOULD SOON START A CHURCH. A CHURCH THEY WOULD BUILD WITH THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEN REBUILD AGAIN AFTER THE HURRICANE OF 1928. THROUGH THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO GROW AND LOVE THEIR CITY. MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STANDS AS A CHURCH STRATEGICALLY PLANTED BETWEEN THE NORTON ART MUSEUM TO OUR WEST, OUR BEAUTIFUL WATER WAY TO THE EAST, AND OUR GROWING METROPOLIS TO THE NORTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CULTIVATION AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THAT THE WORK OF OUR CHURCH AND PEOPLE WILL MATCH GODS IMAGINATION FOR OUR CITY IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
- CONNECTION WITH OURSELVES, WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD IS ALSO A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE THESE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND COMMUNION. WE ALSO BELIEVE GODS GRACE WORKS THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS, AND IN OUR WORK AND PLAY. GODS SPIRIT IS WORKING IN AND THROUGH OUR VERY BEING AND EVERYTHING WE DO, DESIRING TO DRAW US INTO DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. A CORE CONVICTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESS TO GODS PRESENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ALREADY AT WORK IN OUR CITY, BREATHING LIFE INTO IT THROUGH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS. GOD IS ALSO WORKING TO BRING RENEWAL IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE BROKEN SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS HAS COME TO REDEEM AND RENEW ALL THINGS ENVELOPS EVERY PERSON AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, INDUSTRY, AND INSTITUTION. WE ARE SEEKING TO DISCERN WHERE GOD IS ALREADY WORKING AND JOIN IN THAT WORK SO THAT ALL IN OUR CITY MAY FLOURISH. WE LOVE THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. IN FACT, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO PRAY FOR THE CITY AND HER FUTURE. THIS GROUP WOULD SOON START A CHURCH. A CHURCH THEY WOULD BUILD WITH THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEN REBUILD AGAIN AFTER THE HURRICANE OF 1928. THROUGH THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO GROW AND LOVE THEIR CITY. MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STANDS AS A CHURCH STRATEGICALLY PLANTED BETWEEN THE NORTON ART MUSEUM TO OUR WEST, OUR BEAUTIFUL WATER WAY TO THE EAST, AND OUR GROWING METROPOLIS TO THE NORTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CULTIVATION AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THAT THE WORK OF OUR CHURCH AND PEOPLE WILL MATCH GODS IMAGINATION FOR OUR CITY IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for churches. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Worth knowing.
The IRS does not require this organization to file annual returns.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1964.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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