Mercer County Historical Society Inc

Analysis

Mercer County Historical Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mercer, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1960, 66 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Mercer County Historical Society Inc reported income of $104k and spending of $96k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $85k to $104k (+23%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Mercer County Historical Society Inc sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gibraltar Volunteer Firemans Relief Association ($104k), Westbeth Artists-Residents Council Inc ($104k) and Friends of Chatham Inc ($104k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1,697, net assets of $1.5m.