Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc

Analysis

Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Billings, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc reported income of $392k and spending of $308k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $239k to $392k (+64%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Endowment Inc ($392k), Theatre Forty Inc ($392k) and New Bern Civic Theatre Inc ($392k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 54% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $114k. At year end it held assets of $269k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $258k.