Wichita Art Museum Inc

Analysis

Wichita Art Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wichita, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 2022, Wichita Art Museum Inc reported income of $4.6m and spending of $6.4m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $4.5m to $4.6m (+2.7%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wichita Art Museum Inc 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 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Aspen ($4.6m), Iqm Research Institute ($4.7m) and Miami New Drama Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $259k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0. It reported 63 employees.