Warren County Historical Society

Analysis

Warren County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrenton, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1976, 50 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, Warren County Historical Society reported income of $89k and spending of $134k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $144k to $89k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Warren County Historical Society sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teamster Disaster Relief Fund ($88k), Georgia Extension 4-H Foundation ($89k) and Frackville Free Public Library ($88k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.3% and program service revenue 5.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.3m.