Public Safety Cadets

Analysis

Public Safety Cadets is a registered charity in United States, based in Leesburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Public Safety Cadets reported income of $163k and spending of $75k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $42k to $163k (+285%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Public Safety Cadets sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Q Plus- Queer Youth Program of Connecticut Inc ($163k), Lighthouse for Students ($163k) and Brothers on the Rise ($163k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. It paid $7,500 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $36k against liabilities of $42k, net assets of -$6,666.