Project Purr

Analysis

Project Purr is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Project Purr reported income of $89k and spending of $160k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $227k to $89k (-61%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Project Purr sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Paws Alive Inc ($89k), Animal Protection League of McCreary County ($89k) and K9 Kismet Dog Rescue ($89k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $186k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $186k.