Sacramento Childrens Museum

Analysis

Sacramento Childrens Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Rancho Cordova, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2005, 21 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, Sacramento Childrens Museum reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $672k to $1.0m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sacramento Childrens Museum sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suicide Awareness-Voices of Education ($1.0m), Huntington Childrens Museum Inc ($1.0m) and Mozart Festival Association ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $506k. At year end it held assets of $384k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $372k. It reported 41 employees.