Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society

Analysis

Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1949, 77 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, Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society reported income of $1.1m and spending of $486k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $323k to $1.1m (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc ($1.1m), Shelby County United Fund Inc ($1.1m) and Ameelio Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $224k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $159k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 16 employees.