Museum at Eldridge Street

Analysis

Museum at Eldridge Street is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Museum at Eldridge Street reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.5m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.9m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Museum at Eldridge Street sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downtown Greens Inc ($1.9m), Ipswich River Watershed Association Inc ($1.9m) and Duwamish River Cleanupcoalition-Technical Advisory Group ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $191k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $665k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $337k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 11 employees.