Wolverine Farm Publishing

Analysis

Wolverine Farm Publishing is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Collins, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 (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, Wolverine Farm Publishing reported income of $58k and spending of $68k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $58k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 323%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wolverine Farm Publishing sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society for Creative Anachronism Inc ($58k), Friends of the Humanities ($58k) and Drum Corps in Alabama Inc ($58k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $54k against liabilities of $97k, net assets of -$43k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.