Dorset Historical Society

Analysis

Dorset Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Dorset, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1977, 49 years ago. 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, Dorset Historical Society reported income of $91k and spending of $77k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $72k to $91k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1732%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dorset Historical Society sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club Foundation ($91k), Owasco Watershed Lake Assoc Inc ($91k) and Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers ($91k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $2.0m.