Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute

Analysis

Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Dillingham, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, 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, Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute reported income of $2.2m and spending of $1.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.2m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Folklife Center ($2.2m), Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc ($2.2m) and Spokane Public Radio ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 7.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $394k, net assets of $2.1m.