Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council

Analysis

Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Newton, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1973, 53 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, Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council reported income of $290k and spending of $302k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $130k to $290k (+123%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 67th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pari Kaloust Foundation Inc ($290k), Cloud County Historical Society ($291k) and Craftsmens Guild of Mississippi Inc ($290k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $104k. At year end it held assets of $131k against liabilities of $51k, net assets of $80k. It reported 4 employees.