Pile of Puppies

Analysis

Pile of Puppies is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaverton, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Pile of Puppies reported income of $61k and spending of $47k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $25k to $61k (+148%), an average of +148% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Pile of Puppies 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 24th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Auckland Grammar School NFP ($61k), Greater Houston Community Foundatio ($61k) and National Charity League Lakewood Chapter ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $60k against liabilities of $1,243, net assets of $59k.