National Hellenic Museum

Analysis

National Hellenic Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 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, National Hellenic Museum reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $2.3m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Hellenic Museum sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delaware Theatre Company ($2.3m), Foundation for the Arts ($2.3m) and Mint Theater Company Inc ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $594k. At year end it held assets of $16.5m against liabilities of $4.7m, net assets of $11.8m. It reported 12 employees.