Jay County Historical Society Incorporated

Analysis

Jay County Historical Society Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1979, 47 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, Jay County Historical Society Incorporated reported income of $132k and spending of $95k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $146k to $132k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Jay County Historical Society Incorporated sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Izaak Walton League of America Inc ($132k), PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($132k) and Stewart B Lang Memorial Library ($132k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $17k. At year end it held assets of $576k against liabilities of $1,646, net assets of $574k. It reported 1 employees.