South Austin Museum of Popular Culture

Analysis

South Austin Museum of Popular Culture is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2006, 20 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, South Austin Museum of Popular Culture reported income of $79k and spending of $96k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $81k to $79k (-2.6%), an average of -2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Austin Museum of Popular Culture sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Human Biology Association ($79k), Dom Research Center Inc ($79k) and Southern Michigan Railroad Society Inc ($79k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $104k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $104k.