North American Bison Discovery Center

Analysis

North American Bison Discovery Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamestown, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1992, 34 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, North American Bison Discovery Center reported income of $716k and spending of $615k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $532k to $716k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, North American Bison Discovery Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving the ($715k), Arts Center Task Force ($716k) and Emilyann Theatre Inc ($715k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.9% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $243k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $45k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 20 employees.