West of the Pecos Museum

Analysis

West of the Pecos Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Pecos, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West of the Pecos Museum reported income of $526k and spending of $302k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $349k to $526k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West of the Pecos Museum sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 75th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pulaski County Imagination Library ($526k), California Line Dance Association of America ($526k) and Performing Arts Project Inc ($526k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $112k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 8 employees.