Garden City Historical Society

Analysis

Garden City Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Garden City, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1976, 50 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, Garden City Historical Society reported income of $208k and spending of $167k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $165k to $208k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Garden City Historical Society sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adams Museum and House Inc ($208k), Camp Paxson Preservation Project ($208k) and Sro Fund ($208k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $554k against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $506k.