Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

Analysis

Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux City, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center reported income of $758k and spending of $882k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $583k to $758k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative ($758k), Roxy Productions Inc ($758k) and Cane River National Heritage Area Inc ($758k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $138k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $183k. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 8 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.