Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust Incorporated

Analysis

Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Red Lodge, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 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, Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust Incorporated reported income of $69k and spending of $87k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $251k to $69k (-73%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust Incorporated sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwest Pennsylvania Steam Engine and Old Equipment Association Inc ($69k), Friends for Old Bethpage Village Restoration Inc ($69k) and Rumi and Mary Foundation Inc ($69k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $503k against liabilities of $1, net assets of $503k.