Historic Trappe

Analysis

Historic Trappe is a registered charity in United States, based in Collegeville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 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, Historic Trappe reported income of $582k and spending of $302k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $475k to $582k (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Historic Trappe sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ipsinter Press Service-North America Inc ($582k), War Veterans Memorial Shrine of American History Inc ($582k) and World Shibori Network Inc ($582k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 4.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $386k, net assets of $2.1m.