Project Survival

Analysis

Project Survival is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunlap, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 July 2023, Project Survival reported income of $713k and spending of $806k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $662k to $713k (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Project Survival sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springfield Daily Citizen Inc ($713k), Our Town Foundation ($713k) and Linguistic Society of America ($713k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $260k. At year end it held assets of $616k against liabilities of $517k, net assets of $99k. It reported 14 employees.