Bradford County Historical Society

Analysis

Bradford County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Towanda, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 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, Bradford County Historical Society reported income of $185k and spending of $230k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $132k to $185k (+40%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bradford County Historical Society sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Ballet Inc ($185k), John Brown Lives Inc ($186k) and Knowledge Media for Generations Inc ($185k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $55k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 2 employees.