Salty Dog Museum

Analysis

Salty Dog Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Shandon, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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, Salty Dog Museum reported income of $270k and spending of $23k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $88k to $270k (+206%), an average of +206% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 7.2% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Salty Dog Museum sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Art St Louis ($270k), High Desert Chamber Music ($270k) and Jag Singers Booster Club Inc ($270k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $563k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $563k.