Trustees of Purdue University

Analysis

Trustees of Purdue University is a registered charity in United States, based in Huntington, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2013, 13 years ago. 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 September 2023, Trustees of Purdue University reported income of $230k and spending of $214k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2018 to September 2023, income grew from $218k to $230k (+5.4%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Trustees of Purdue University sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($230k), The Giving Circle Inc ($230k) and National Society to Prevent Blindness ($230k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $4,118, net assets of $1.0m.