Amazing Discoveries

Analysis

Amazing Discoveries is a registered charity in United States, based in Blaine, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Amazing Discoveries reported income of $2.6m and spending of $4.9m, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.0m to $2.6m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Amazing Discoveries sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwest Montessori School ($2.6m), Seattle Nativity School ($2.6m) and Books Between Kids Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $288k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $958k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 6 employees.