Rancho Camulos Museum a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation

Analysis

Rancho Camulos Museum a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Piru, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 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, Rancho Camulos Museum a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation reported income of $184k and spending of $232k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $171k to $184k (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rancho Camulos Museum a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Focus on Lyme Foundation ($184k), Media Ecosystems Analysis Group ($184k) and Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society Inc ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 5.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $33k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 1 employees.

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.