Clark County Historical Society and Howard Steamboat Museum Inc

Analysis

Clark County Historical Society and Howard Steamboat Museum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jeffersonvlle, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1971, 55 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, Clark County Historical Society and Howard Steamboat Museum Inc reported income of $197k and spending of $278k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $312k to $197k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Clark County Historical Society and Howard Steamboat Museum Inc sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stemarts Lab ($197k), Basin Theatre Works ($197k) and Friends of the Ukrainian Bandurists Chorus Inc ($197k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $110k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $9,659, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 9 employees.