McAllister Museum of Aviation

Analysis

McAllister Museum of Aviation is a registered charity in United States, based in Yakima, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 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, McAllister Museum of Aviation reported income of $79k and spending of $123k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $83k to $79k (-4.1%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, McAllister Museum of Aviation sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 26th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche ($79k), International Festival of Language and Culture ($79k) and Boneyfiddle Project ($79k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.1% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $5,000, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.