Ontario County Historical Society

Analysis

Ontario County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Canandaigua, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1952, 74 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 October 2023, Ontario County Historical Society reported income of $309k and spending of $293k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $199k to $309k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2020, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ontario County Historical Society sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mille Lacs Drift Skippers ($309k), Future Farmers of America ($309k) and The Larry Payne Foundation ($309k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $150k. At year end it held assets of $317k against liabilities of $9,273, net assets of $308k. It reported 5 employees.