Desire Street Ministries
To love our neighbor by revitalizing under-resourced neighborhoods through spiritual and community development.
Desire Street Ministries at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,040,587
- +13.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,532,684
- +46.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $72,915
- -12.7% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,214,625
- -1.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Desire Street Ministries funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
9 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 8 grants of 9 (89%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Desire Street Ministries gives
- Giving grew 809% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $515 (2022) to $3.6M (2019). In 2023 it made 8 grants totaling $400K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint 58 Atlanta, GA | Capital Campaign and Items for New Community Center | $50,000 |
| Grove Park Renewal Atlanta, GA | Housing Renovations | $50,000 |
| That's My Child Montgomery, AL | Passenger Van | $50,000 |
| Crosstown Ministries Orlando, FL | School Building Renovations | $50,000 |
| Oaks Ministries Augusta, GA | Passenger Van | $50,000 |
| Mercy Street Dallas, TX | Recoup Funds from Capital Improvements | $50,000 |
| Community Connect CDC Mobile, AL | New Personnel | $50,000 |
| The Mom Community Atlanta, GA | Preparations for Building New Facility | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,040,587 | $1,532,684 | $1,214,625 | — | — | $72,915 |
| 2024 | $3,567,471 | $1,043,332 | $1,238,743 | — | — | $83,563 |
| 2023 | $3,617,958 | $1,406,120 | $1,630,925 | $400,000 | 8 | $64,131 |
| 2022 | $3,634,158 | $1,461,370 | $1,199,577 | $515 | Total only | $44,499 |
| 2021 | $3,462,889 | $1,770,574 | $1,388,285 | $100,000 | 1 | $54,689 |
| 2020 | $3,013,609 | $1,461,467 | $1,405,463 | $44,000 | 3 | $35,811 |
| 2019 | $3,077,325 | $1,987,585 | $5,833,626 | $3,638,255 | 4 | $59,779 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Desire Street Ministries
Based on IRS filings
Desire Street Ministries is a public charity focused on religion, based in Atlanta, GA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $73K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Desire Street Ministries is led by Danny Wuerffel, Executive Director since 2020 (on filings since 2019); 3 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Danny Wuerffel
Executive Director
Executive Di → Executive Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
32 hrs/week
$136K (2019) → $126K (2025)
Eric Thigpen
Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allan Bell
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Finance Committee Chair → Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Sciacca
Director of Leadership Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$135K (2025)
Joanne Brown
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Jackson
Director & Finance Committee
Director → Director & Finance Committee, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shawanda Reynolds-Cobb
Director & Finance Committee
Director → Director & Finance Committee, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Careshia Moore
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darryl Ford
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Gadsby
COO & Secretary
On filings since 2019
32 hrs/week
$108K (2019) → $89K (2025)
Jonathan Colehower
Vice Chair & Development
Chairman → Development, 2020
Development → Vice Chair & Development, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: Steve Craig (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ben Scaccia (2020–2024) — Director of Leadership Development
- Former: Chris Dardaman (2019–2021) — Board Chair
- Former: Anthony Flynn (2019) — Director
- Former: Anthony Gordon (2019) — Senior Minis
- Former: Dana Ponder (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Laura Clousing (2019) — Director
- Former: Mark Peeples (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $135K, to Ben Sciacca (Director of Leadership Dev). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Desire Street Ministries
How large is Desire Street Ministries?
Desire Street Ministries reported $4.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.5M.
What is Desire Street Ministries?
Desire Street Ministries is a public charity focused on religion, based in Atlanta, GA. It holds $4.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Desire Street Ministries operate?
Desire Street Ministries has awarded grants in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas.
What is Desire Street Ministries's EIN?
Desire Street Ministries's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-1218825. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 29, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 11, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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