Cougar Alumni Club

Analysis

Cougar Alumni Club is a registered charity in United States, based in Escondido, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cougar Alumni Club reported income of $70k and spending of $57k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $70k (+2.7%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cougar Alumni Club sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 30th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dacar Institute Foundation Inc ($70k), Eagle Free Library ($70k) and Jane Addams Middle School Ptsa ($70k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $160k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $160k.