Barnes County Historical Society

Analysis

Barnes County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Valley City, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1976, 50 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, Barnes County Historical Society reported income of $179k and spending of $158k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $147k to $179k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Barnes County Historical Society sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waterman Fund ($179k), National Association of State Judicial Educators C/O Cjer ($179k) and PTA Hawaii Congress ($179k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $455k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $455k.