Brenham Main St Historical Preservation Inc

Analysis

Brenham Main St Historical Preservation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brenham, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 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, Brenham Main St Historical Preservation Inc reported income of $58k and spending of $299k, spending 517% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $579k to $58k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Brenham Main St Historical Preservation Inc sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clarence Band Boosters Club Inc ($58k), Middle Tennessee Choral Society Inc 825 S Church St ($58k) and Port Washington-Saukville Arts Council ($58k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $12k. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $469k, net assets of $7.0m. 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.