Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc

Analysis

Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamsburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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 June 2023, Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc reported income of $4.4m and spending of $2.6m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $4.4m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc ($4.4m), Mid Atlantic Center for the Arts ($4.4m) and David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $26.5m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $24.8m.