Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center

Analysis

Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1998, 28 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, Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center reported income of $334k and spending of $155k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $35k to $334k (+863%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 879%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Agricultural Hall of Fame ($334k), Kaji Aso Studio Inc ($334k) and The Society of American Military Engineers Foundation ($334k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.8m.