Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Analysis

Wyoming Dinosaur Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Thermopolis, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 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, Wyoming Dinosaur Center reported income of $895k and spending of $1.1m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $708k to $895k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wyoming Dinosaur Center sits at the 85th 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 82nd percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Historic Homes Foundation Inc ($895k), Anchorage Opera Company ($896k) and Friends of the Japanese House and Garden ($895k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.5% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $298k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $353k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 26 employees.