St Joseph Museum

Analysis

St Joseph Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Joseph, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1985, 41 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 June 2023, St Joseph Museum reported income of $941k and spending of $1.0m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $941k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, St Joseph Museum sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilmington Drama League Inc ($940k), International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ($941k) and Artreach Inc ($940k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $334k. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $4.6m. It reported 13 employees.