Paul Bunyan Arboretum

Analysis

Paul Bunyan Arboretum is a registered charity in United States, based in Brainerd, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 September 2023, Paul Bunyan Arboretum reported income of $440k and spending of $457k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $441k to $440k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Paul Bunyan Arboretum sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Cobbossee Watershed District ($440k), Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens ($440k) and Mississippi River Parkway Commission ($440k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $59k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $183k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $7,157, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 15 employees.