El Museo

Analysis

El Museo is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1991, 35 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 September 2023, El Museo reported income of $66k and spending of $61k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2023, income grew from $54k to $66k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, El Museo sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Side Show Room ($66k), Pasadena Junior Theatre ($66k) and Gar Post 25 Inc ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31k against liabilities of $235, net assets of $31k.