Dakota Sunset Museum Inc

Analysis

Dakota Sunset Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gettysburg, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 December 2023, Dakota Sunset Museum Inc reported income of $79k and spending of $85k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $73k to $79k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 413%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dakota Sunset Museum Inc sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 25th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Krasl Art Center Charitable Trust ($79k), Chattanooga Girls Choir Inc ($79k) and Southwest Ohio Philharmonic Inc ($79k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $25k. At year end it held assets of $638k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $638k. It reported 4 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.