The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund

Analysis

The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1989, 37 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 (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, The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund reported income of $222k and spending of $104k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $186k to $222k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alleghany Jam ($222k), Kentucky Local Issues Conference Inc ($222k) and Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Inc ($222k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $1.6m.