Essex National Heritage Commission Inc

Analysis

Essex National Heritage Commission Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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 June 2023, Essex National Heritage Commission Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.3m (-24%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Essex National Heritage Commission Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houmas House Foundation ($1.3m), Fort Mill Preparatory Cooperative Preschool ($1.3m) and Hawaiian Mission Childrens Society ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $679k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $153k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 43 employees.