West End Museum Incorporated

Analysis

West End Museum Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West End Museum Incorporated reported income of $515k and spending of $348k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $3.7m to $515k (-86%), an average of -86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 14% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West End Museum Incorporated sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Umpqua Valley Arts Association ($515k), Interurban Arthouse ($515k) and Brooklyn Japanese American Family Association Inc ($515k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $115k (33% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $327k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 2 employees.