Muse-Ique

Analysis

Muse-Ique is a registered charity in United States, based in Pasadena, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2004, 22 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 December 2023, Muse-Ique reported income of $4.5m and spending of $4.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $4.5m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Muse-Ique sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Battery Innovation Center Institute Inc ($4.5m), Riverside Art Museum ($4.5m) and Center for Holocaust and Humanityeducation ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 7.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 33 employees.