Pubpeer Foundation

Analysis

Pubpeer Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Pubpeer Foundation reported income of $105k and spending of $80k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $69k to $105k (+53%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pubpeer Foundation sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Emergency Squad Inc ($105k), Care Partners ($105k) and Equine Therapeutic Connections ($105k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.1% and program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $100k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $100k.