Old House Society

Analysis

Old House Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomington, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. 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 2021, Old House Society reported income of $96k and spending of $90k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income fell from $113k to $96k (-16%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Old House Society sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Historical Society of America ($96k), Spread the Tunes Inc ($96k) and Sturgeons Mill Restoration Project Inc ($96k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $339k against liabilities of -$3,166, net assets of $342k. It reported 4 employees.