Project Peanut Butter

Analysis

Project Peanut Butter is a registered charity in United States, based in Maplewood, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Project Peanut Butter reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.2m to $3.1m (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Project Peanut Butter sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc ($3.1m), Swedish Program in Organizational Studies and Policy Inc ($3.1m) and Hellenic Initiative Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $198k. At year end it held assets of $249k against liabilities of $156k, net assets of $93k. It reported 5 employees.