Brenham Heritage Museum Inc

Analysis

Brenham Heritage Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brenham, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1991, 35 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Brenham Heritage Museum Inc reported income of $697k and spending of $417k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $799k to $697k (-13%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Brenham Heritage Museum Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bay Area Theatresports ($697k), Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation ($697k) and Lancaster County Council of the Arts ($696k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $104k. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $520k, net assets of $6.4m. It reported 8 employees.