Sing Sing Prison Museum

Analysis

Sing Sing Prison Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Ossining, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 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, Sing Sing Prison Museum reported income of $357k and spending of $469k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $612k to $357k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sing Sing Prison Museum sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hole in the Rock Foundation Inc ($357k), Home Made Theater Inc ($357k) and Little Theatre of Conroe Inc ($357k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $961k.