The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center

Analysis

The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Ripley, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2003, 23 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, The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center reported income of $61k and spending of $32k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $34k to $61k (+81%), an average of +81% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Columns Tippah County Interpretive Center sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum Foundation ($61k), The Ghent Playhouse Inc ($61k) and Black Inventors Hall of Fame ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $45k against liabilities of $579, net assets of $44k.