Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum Inc

Analysis

Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in St George, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $117k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $264k to $94k (-65%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Antietam Institute Inc ($94k), Chinese Language School of South Jersey ($94k) and North Dakota Museum of Art Foundation ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $645k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $645k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.