Brown County Historical Society Inc

Analysis

Brown County Historical Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1964, 62 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 December 2023, Brown County Historical Society Inc reported income of $171k and spending of $201k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $108k to $171k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1351%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Brown County Historical Society Inc sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation Inc ($170k), Elk River Arts & Lectures ($171k) and United Theatre Education Center ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 9.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.7m.