Douglas County Historical Society

Analysis

Douglas County Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Omaha, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1959, 67 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, Douglas County Historical Society reported income of $384k and spending of $399k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $396k to $384k (-3.0%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Douglas County Historical Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NV Dance Company ($384k), Research Collaboratory at Asu ($384k) and Arc Dance Productions ($384k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $192k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $5,361, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 14 employees.