Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc

Analysis

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Easton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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 2022, Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.0m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $2.2m to $1.9m (-12%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ballet Magnificat ($1.9m), Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation ($1.9m) and Maroon Arts Group ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 6.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $758k. At year end it held assets of $5.4m against liabilities of $208k, net assets of $5.2m. It reported 34 employees.