Trustees of Purdue University

Analysis

Trustees of Purdue University is a registered charity in United States, based in Lagrange, 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 $311k and spending of $314k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $299k to $311k (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include For Ngo Inc ($311k), Sisters Unchained Inc ($311k) and Noble Odyssey Foundation Inc ($311k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $483k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $455k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.