A Taste of History

Analysis

A Taste of History is a registered charity in United States, based in Bryn Mawr, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, A Taste of History reported income of $54k and spending of $90k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $229k to $54k (-77%), an average of -77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, A Taste of History sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 19th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dell Rapids Community Hospital Foundation ($54k), Hospice Foundation of Ok Affiliated Fund of the Okc Community Foun Inc ($54k) and AFC Public Foundation ($54k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $25k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $25k.