Hunterdon County Historical Society

Analysis

Hunterdon County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Flemington, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1961, 65 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, Hunterdon County Historical Society reported income of $94k and spending of $218k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $111k to $94k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hunterdon County Historical Society sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voices in the Laurel Inc ($94k), Annex Theatre ($94k) and Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $68k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1,191, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.