The Conservation Society of York County

Analysis

The Conservation Society of York County is a registered charity in United States, based in Windsor, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1986, 40 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, The Conservation Society of York County reported income of $65k and spending of $76k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $58k to $65k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Conservation Society of York County sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guardians of the Gap LLC ($65k), Signal and Cyber Museum Society ($65k) and North Polk Fine Arts Boosters Inc ($65k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $1.2m.