Rourke Art Gallery Museum

Analysis

Rourke Art Gallery Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Moorhead, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1997, 29 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, Rourke Art Gallery Museum reported income of $194k and spending of $280k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $199k to $194k (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rourke Art Gallery Museum sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans ($194k), Philippine-American Friendship Community Inc ($194k) and Society for the Comparative Study of Soc & History Dept of History ($194k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $69k. At year end it held assets of $246k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $216k. It reported 5 employees.