The Purple Martin Conservation Association

Analysis

The Purple Martin Conservation Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 December 2023, The Purple Martin Conservation Association reported income of $596k and spending of $535k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $424k to $596k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Purple Martin Conservation Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include To Love a Canine Rescue Inc ($596k), Spay-Mart Inc ($596k) and Rebel Dogs Detroit Inc ($595k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $218k. At year end it held assets of $985k against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $961k. It reported 9 employees.