Experience Childrens Museum

Analysis

Experience Childrens Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1993, 33 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 June 2023, Experience Childrens Museum reported income of $4.8m and spending of $962k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $920k to $4.8m (+418%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 1037%. Over the whole period it spent 16% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Experience Childrens Museum sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spruill Center for the Arts Inc ($4.8m), Economic Club of New York ($4.8m) and Writers Theatre Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 7.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $263k. At year end it held assets of $19.0m against liabilities of $286k, net assets of $18.7m. It reported 22 employees.