Mark Twain Home Foundation

Analysis

Mark Twain Home Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hannibal, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1976, 50 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, Mark Twain Home Foundation reported income of $1.1m and spending of $999k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $1.1m (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Mark Twain Home Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ripple Productions ($1.1m), Dayton Public Radio Inc ($1.1m) and Community Media Center of Marin ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 8.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $406k. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 31 employees.