Trustees of Purdue University

Analysis

Trustees of Purdue University is a registered charity in United States, based in Lebanon, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Trustees of Purdue University reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.3m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $814k to $1.1m (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Trustees of Purdue University sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include You Grow Girl ($1.1m), Donate My Christmas Inc ($1.1m) and Firehouse Youth Centre Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $184k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 9 employees.