Purple Songs Can Fly

Analysis

Purple Songs Can Fly is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Purple Songs Can Fly reported income of $165k and spending of $200k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $129k to $165k (+27%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Purple Songs Can Fly sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Menomonie Area Senior Center ($165k), Policyworks Inc ($165k) and Help for Homelessness and Beyond ($165k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $117k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $117k.