Museum of Western Film History

Analysis

Museum of Western Film History is a registered charity in United States, based in Lone Pine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Museum of Western Film History reported income of $389k and spending of $384k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $342k to $389k (+14%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Museum of Western Film History sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Two Fly Foundation Inc ($388k), Livingston Way Foundation ($389k) and Arnia Foundation ($388k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $128k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $148k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 11 employees.