Hudson Highlands Nature Museum

Analysis

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Cornwall, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1964, 62 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 December 2023, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.4m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Antaeus Company ($1.4m), World Sleep Society Inc ($1.4m) and Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 57% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $851k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $356k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 40 employees.