Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Analysis

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Colorado SPGS, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 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, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum reported income of $1.4m and spending of $832k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $418k to $1.4m (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Villa Musica ($1.4m), Opera Naples Inc ($1.4m) and Friends of Arrow Rock ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m.