Nashville Historical Foundation

Analysis

Nashville Historical Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Nashville Historical Foundation reported income of $93k and spending of $86k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $241k to $93k (-61%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Nashville Historical Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hells Half Mile Events ($93k), Roanoke Festival in the Park Inc ($93k) and Bated Breath Theatre Company ($93k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $170k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $170k.