Ogden Dinosaur Park & Museum Foundation

Analysis

Ogden Dinosaur Park & Museum Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ogden, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1994, 32 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, Ogden Dinosaur Park & Museum Foundation reported income of $872k and spending of $988k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $872k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ogden Dinosaur Park & Museum Foundation 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 78th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houston Museum of African American Culture ($872k), Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre ($872k) and Historic Locust Grove Inc ($872k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.5% and program service revenue 78% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $430k. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $202k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 28 employees.