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Dave Purchase Project
Dave Purchase Project reported $11.4 million in revenue and $10.5 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $96.02 went to program services, $3.98 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 70.3% of the total. Government grants made up 66.6%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $155,822 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). 3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 114% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $10MFor context, the median across 314 covered diseases, disorders & medical disciplines charities: $88.73 programs, $10.89 management, $0.38 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $11MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 96.0% | 86.7% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 4.0% | 10.6% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.03 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 70.3% | 24.7% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 66.6% | 0.6% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 59.5% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $155,822 | $391,657 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 1.49% | 1.45% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 10 of 10 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseDpp/tacoma needle exchange: drug user health initiative the purpose of dpp/tne is to provide harm reduction services, including access to sterile injection equipment, educational materials and information, safer-sex supplies, medical services, and access to substance use disorder (sud) and opioid use disorder (oud) treatment services to people who use drugs (pwud) particularly, people who inject drugs (pwid), throughout tacoma and pierce county to prevent and control the spread of communicable diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis c virus (hcv)
Dpp/nasen: buyers club initiative the purpose of dpp/nasen is to support the promotion and expansion of syringe exchange programs in the US as a mechanism to facilitate front-line public health prevention interventions among pwud/pwid and other marginalized and hard to reach populations
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $143,620 | $0 | $12,202 | $155,822 |
| DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $121,823 | $0 | $10,975 | $132,798 |
| DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $102,739 | $0 | $11,548 | $114,287 |
3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Dave Purchase Project (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $394K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b10 · 10 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 529
- Volunteers Part I, line 610
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Questions people ask
How much of Dave Purchase Project's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Dave Purchase Project reported that 96.0% of its $10.5 million in expenses went to program services, 4.0% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Dave Purchase Project pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Dave Purchase Project reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $155,822, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Dave Purchase Project get its money?
Of $11.4 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 70.3% came from contributions and grants (including 66.6% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Dave Purchase Project a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 91-1435394 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202600979349301750 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202500639349300545 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202441239349301829 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202233149349303658 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202231319349303048 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202100389349300400 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 91-1435394: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.