California Indian Museum & Cultural Center

Analysis

California Indian Museum & Cultural Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Rosa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1996, 30 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 December 2023, California Indian Museum & Cultural Center reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.0m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $854k to $2.5m (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, California Indian Museum & Cultural Center 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 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Works Inc ($2.5m), National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition ($2.5m) and National Juneteenth Museum ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $774k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 22 employees.