Project Night Sky

Analysis

Project Night Sky is a registered charity in United States, based in Huntsville, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, 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, Project Night Sky reported income of $175k and spending of $265k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $325k to $175k (-46%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Project Night Sky sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anthropos Arts ($175k), Tooele City Arts Council ($175k) and Humboldt Historical Society ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $168k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $8,372, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 3 employees.