The Durham Museum

Analysis

The Durham Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Omaha, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1974, 52 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, The Durham Museum reported income of $5.7m and spending of $5.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.4m to $5.7m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Durham Museum sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strawbery Banke Museum ($5.7m), 1001 Colors ($5.7m) and National Association of Black Journalists ($5.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $316k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $15.3m against liabilities of $881k, net assets of $14.4m. It reported 97 employees.