Burke Museum Association

Analysis

Burke Museum Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 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 June 2024, Burke Museum Association reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $4.3m to $2.6m (-40%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Burke Museum Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gage Academy of Art ($2.6m), Vision Maker Media ($2.6m) and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.9m.