Pacific Coast Air Museum

Analysis

Pacific Coast Air Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Rosa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1990, 36 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, Pacific Coast Air Museum reported income of $271k and spending of $234k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $426k to $271k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pacific Coast Air 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 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dawsonville History Museum Inc ($271k), Plastic Ocean Project Inc ($271k) and Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture ($271k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $3,617, net assets of $1.2m.