Cougar Aquatics

Analysis

Cougar Aquatics is a registered charity in United States, based in Pullman, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 August 2024, Cougar Aquatics reported income of $160k and spending of $126k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to August 2024, income grew from $74k to $160k (+118%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cougar Aquatics sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shifting Gears United Inc ($160k), Bedford Babe Ruth Baseball Inc ($160k) and Bay Triangle Trail ($160k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $41k against liabilities of $1,455, net assets of $39k.