Gateway to Science Center Inc

Analysis

Gateway to Science Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 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, Gateway to Science Center Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.7m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.9m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 883%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Gateway to Science Center Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elm Street Cultural Arts Village Inc ($1.9m), International Conference on Learning Representations ($1.9m) and Boot Hill Museum Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $773k. At year end it held assets of $27.2m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of $23.4m. It reported 25 employees.