Wonder Institute

Analysis

Wonder Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Wonder Institute reported income of $153k and spending of $237k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $312k to $153k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wonder Institute sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uniquely Abled Project ($153k), Carpinteria High School Booster Club ($153k) and Paschal High School Band Booster Club ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $114k. At year end it held assets of $225k against liabilities of $350, net assets of $225k. It reported 2 employees.