Lake Chelan Museum of Wildlife Natural History and Art

Analysis

Lake Chelan Museum of Wildlife Natural History and Art is a registered charity in United States, based in Chelan, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2021, 5 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, Lake Chelan Museum of Wildlife Natural History and Art reported income of $834k and spending of $79k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $172k to $834k (+384%), an average of +384% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 384%. Over the whole period it spent 8.7% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lake Chelan Museum of Wildlife Natural History and Art sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Anchorage Inc ($834k), Zanesville Museum of Art ($834k) and Investigatewest ($834k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1,075. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $227, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 1 employees.