Cat Association

Analysis

Cat Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Newman Lake, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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, Cat Association reported income of $430k and spending of $22k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $477k to $430k (-9.9%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 4.2% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cat Association sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emerald City Music ($430k), Theatre of the Emerging American Moment ($430k) and Puppet Co ($430k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.