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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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    501(c)(3) organization
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    50 E NORTH TEMPLE FL 22 SALT LAKE CTY UT 84150-0022

    SALT LAKE CTY UT | IRS ruling year: 1941 | EIN: 87-0234341  
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
     
     

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    Historical Ratings
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    Proceed with Caution—Alleged Sexual Abuse/Harassment

    On August 4, 2022, The Associated Press reported on the operations of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in an article titled, "Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen." For more information, please see The Associated Press article.

    • On August 5, 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "LDS Church slams AP story as ‘mischaracterizing’ help line given to leaders to report abuse." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On August 15, 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "Does the LDS Church’s sex abuse help line protect the faith or the victims? Debate continues." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On August 17, 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "LDS Church hits back even harder at AP, cites ‘egregious errors’ in sex abuse article." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On August 18, 2022, The Associated Press published an article titled "Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case." For more information, please see The Associated Press article
    • On August 21, 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "Lack of LDS Church transparency in child sex abuse cases stuns AP reporter." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On October 29, 2022, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled "Mormon church invests billions of dollars while grossly overstating its charitable giving." For more information, please see The Sydney Morning Herald article
    • On January 12, 2023, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "New sex abuse lawsuit targets LDS Church, Utah Boy Scout council." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On May 20, 2023, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "Pressure builds to investigate LDS Church wealth." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On September 6, 2024, The Press Democrat published an article titled "Lawsuit alleges 2 members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Napa sexually abused child for years." For more information, please see The Press Democrat article
    • On February 3, 2025, ABC 4 published an article titled "Former LDS bishop charged with sexual assault of 16-year-old girl." For more information, please see ABC 4 article
    • On February 11, 2025, KOIN published an article titled "Oregon lawsuit alleges LDS Church failed to intervene in child sex abuse case." For more information, please see KOIN article
    • On April 11, 2025, ABC 4 published an article titled "LDS Church loses lawsuit against insurance companies over sex abuse settlements." For more information, please see ABC 4 article
    • On July 25, 2025, The Salt Lake Tribune published an article titled "Utah man accused of sexually abusing children while serving LDS mission." For more information, please see The Salt Lake Tribune article
    • On August 4, 2025, FOX 13 News published an article titled "Man claiming to be former LDS leader charged with sexually abusing 6-year-old." For more information, please see FOX 13 News article

    On May 8, 2025, The San Diego Tribune reported on a settlement entered into by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in an article titled, “LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California.” For more information regarding this matter, please see The San Diego Tribune article.

    • On March 8, 2025, The Guardian published an article titled "Mormon church rocked by child sexual abuse allegations in California." For more information, please see The Guardian article

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    Rating Report

    Impact & Measurement
    Not Currently Scored
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Measurement methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
    Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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