Greene County Historical Society

Analysis

Greene County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Coxsackie, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1965, 61 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Greene County Historical Society reported income of $645k and spending of $285k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $270k to $645k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Greene County Historical Society sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crosstown Radio Partnership Inc ($645k), Varna International Music Academy ($646k) and Mendocino County Historical Society ($645k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.6% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $124k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $64, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 6 employees.