Chicago & North Western Historical Society

Analysis

Chicago & North Western Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Union, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1979, 47 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 2024, Chicago & North Western Historical Society reported income of $248k and spending of $208k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2024, income fell from $318k to $248k (-22%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chicago & North Western Historical Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Murray Art Guild Inc ($248k), Arizona Allnation Refugee Resource Center ($248k) and The Articulate Foundation ($248k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 18% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $127k, net assets of $1.1m.