The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund

Analysis

The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Big Horn, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 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 supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund reported income of $5.6m and spending of $769k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $807k to $5.6m (+589%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 428%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund 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 93rd percentile, and in the 96th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($5.6m), Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio Inc ($5.6m) and Opera Colorado ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $23.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $23.6m.