Nineteenth Century Charitable Association

Analysis

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Park, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Nineteenth Century Charitable Association reported income of $632k and spending of $545k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2023, income grew from $551k to $632k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Nineteenth Century Charitable Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LT Michael P Murphy Navy Seal Museum ($632k), American Clock & Watch Museum Inc ($632k) and Five Wings Arts Council ($632k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 10% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $45k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $143k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 33 employees.