Conner Prairie Foundation Inc

Analysis

Conner Prairie Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fishers, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Conner Prairie Foundation Inc reported income of $27.6m and spending of $7.6m, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.5m to $27.6m (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Conner Prairie Foundation Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baltimore Museum of Art Inc ($27.6m), Old Globe Theatre ($27.7m) and Princeton University Press ($27.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% of the total. At year end it held assets of $177.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $177.9m.