Southeast Missouri Childrens Museum

Analysis

Southeast Missouri Childrens Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Cpe Girardeau, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2006, 20 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, Southeast Missouri Childrens Museum reported income of $299k and spending of $407k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $226k to $299k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Southeast Missouri Childrens Museum sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orpheum Theatre Endowment Inc ($299k), River Road African American Museum and Gallery ($299k) and The Clay Studio Holdings Inc ($298k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $202k. At year end it held assets of $946k against liabilities of $60k, net assets of $886k. It reported 34 employees.