Amityville Historical Society

Analysis

Amityville Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Amityville, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1972, 54 years ago. 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, Amityville Historical Society reported income of $149k and spending of $52k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $143k to $149k (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Amityville Historical Society sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($149k), Joint Opportunities ($149k) and Sacajawea Audubon Society ($149k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 6.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,875. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.