Dodge County Historical Society

Analysis

Dodge County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaver Dam, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1988, 38 years ago. 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, Dodge County Historical Society reported income of $58k and spending of $58k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $41k to $58k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dodge County Historical Society sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little League Baseball Inc ($58k), PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($58k) and Wellington Senior Center Inc ($58k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $26k. At year end it held assets of $784k against liabilities of $1,479, net assets of $783k. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.