Maridon Museum

Analysis

Maridon Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Butler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2020, 6 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, Maridon Museum reported income of $322k and spending of $373k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $267k to $322k (+20%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Maridon Museum sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walkers Point Center for the Arts ($322k), Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Tahoe Area Inc ($322k) and Santa Theresa Tileworks Imago Dei Middle School ($322k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $106k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $6,416, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 3 employees.

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.