Sanborn Area Historical Society

Analysis

Sanborn Area Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Sanborn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2000, 26 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, Sanborn Area Historical Society reported income of $276k and spending of $258k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $106k to $276k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sanborn Area Historical Society sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Talbot County Arts Council Inc ($276k), Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts ($276k) and Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Inc ($276k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $146k, net assets of $1.1m.