Cattywampus Puppet Council

Analysis

Cattywampus Puppet Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, 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 December 2023, Cattywampus Puppet Council reported income of $87k and spending of $40k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $37k to $87k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cattywampus Puppet Council sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaleigh Dance Works ($87k), Reno Art Works ($87k) and Patton Museum Foundation Inc ($87k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $49k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $49k.