Public Charity

MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY

MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY, of NORTH CONWAY, NH, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $2.7M in revenue, $2.4M in expenses, $12.4M in total assets. 32 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $716K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 020225135 NORTH CONWAY, NH Astronomy NTEE: U31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.7M
Total Expenses$2.4M
Total Assets$12.4M
Grant Records32
Funding Total$716K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT CREATE EARTH'S WEATHER AND CLIMATE. IT SERVES THIS MISSION BY MAINTAINING A WEATHER STATION ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, PERFORMING WEATHER AND CLIMATE RESEARCH, CONDUCTING INNOVATIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND INTERPRETING THE HERITAGE OF THE MOUNT WASHINGTON REGION.

Where $100 goes at Mount Washington Observatory

How Mount Washington Observatory divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$67 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$15 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $67 for programs

$50
Observatory and research:observations tracked and submitted to nws- over the course of a year, we did 8,760 hourly observations- we perform two daily qc checks, a weekly qc…
75% of program spending
$17
School programs
25% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 students; 46 programs; 3,480 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,072
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$59,625
2024
For general/operating support, AED's, software
$36,636
2024
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$35,810
2024
Improving Understandings of Climate Change Through Undergraduate Training in Meteorology
$17,050

Showing up to 5 of 32 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Beth Newhouse
DIRECTOR OF FIN/ADMIN Brenda Sullivan
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Bruce Soper
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Drew Bush
TRUSTEE Drew Landry
TRUSTEE (THRU JUNE 2024) Ed Bergeron

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$587,110 24 grants
Environment & Conservation
$27,050 2 grants
Unspecified
$101,622 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.7M $2.4M $12.4M
2024 $2.6M $2.3M $10.4M
2023 $6.2M $1.9M $9.9M
2022 $2.1M $1.6M $5.7M
2021 $1.8M $1.7M $5.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.8M to $2.7M (+55%), with total assets most recently reported at $12.4M.

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