Big Cat Aquatics Inc

Analysis

Big Cat Aquatics Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in State College, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 August 2024, Big Cat Aquatics Inc reported income of $216k and spending of $224k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income grew from $156k to $216k (+38%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Big Cat Aquatics Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association ($216k), Jackson Youth Basketball Association ($216k) and Henderson Flag Football League ($216k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.0% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $72k. At year end it held assets of $54k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $40k. It reported 13 employees.