Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum

Analysis

Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Othello, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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 private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum reported income of $82k and spending of $125k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $223k to $82k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 27th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arjay Entertainment Incorporated ($82k), Smart Fair Inc ($82k) and But Tre Magazine ($82k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $502k, net assets of $4.4m.

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.