Shoot for the Cure

Analysis

Shoot for the Cure is a registered charity in United States, based in Anchorage, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, 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, Shoot for the Cure reported income of $86k and spending of $68k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $86k (+44%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shoot for the Cure sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 28th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Race Worth Winning-Als Inc ($86k), International Neurosurgery Education and Research Foundation ($86k) and For the Culture Counseling Services ($86k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $71k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $71k.