Pittsburgh Experiment

Analysis

Pittsburgh Experiment is a registered charity in United States, based in Eighty Four, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1956, 70 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Pittsburgh Experiment reported income of $121k and spending of $146k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income fell from $144k to $121k (-16%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Pittsburgh Experiment sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundation of Jewish Unity ($121k), Oratorio Society of Minnesota ($121k) and Road Runners Club of America ($121k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $130k against liabilities of $2,130, net assets of $128k.