Bayou Country Childrens Museum

Analysis

Bayou Country Childrens Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Thibodaux, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Bayou Country Childrens Museum reported income of $885k and spending of $713k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $627k to $885k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bayou Country Childrens Museum sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Act One ($885k), Symphony in C a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation ($885k) and Living Arts ($884k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $58k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $161k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 31 employees.