West Liberty Heritage Foundation

Analysis

West Liberty Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in West Liberty, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 December 2023, West Liberty Heritage Foundation reported income of $75k and spending of $42k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $41k to $75k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 516%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West Liberty Heritage Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Historic Automobile Preservation Entity ($75k), Carbon County Historical Society ($75k) and Cheyenne Elders Council Inc ($75k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $822k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $822k.