Wilderness Wildlife Museum

Analysis

Wilderness Wildlife Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Rector, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 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, Wilderness Wildlife Museum reported income of $73k and spending of $65k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $87k to $73k (-17%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wilderness Wildlife Museum sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vidan Foundation Inc ($73k), Friends of Jazz Inc ($73k) and Thousand Islands Museum ($73k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $37k against liabilities of $3,400, net assets of $34k.