Monarch Research Project

Analysis

Monarch Research Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Marion, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 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, Monarch Research Project reported income of $792k and spending of $637k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $812k to $792k (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Monarch Research Project sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably Conservancy Inc ($791k), Pet Partners Inc ($793k) and Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc ($790k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.