Indie Institute

Analysis

Indie Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Georgetown, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Indie Institute reported income of $229k and spending of $226k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $163k to $229k (+40%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Indie Institute sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pug Rescue of Florida Inc ($229k), Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge ($230k) and What If Farms Inc ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $22k.