Baltimore Science Fiction Society Incorporated

Analysis

Baltimore Science Fiction Society Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Bel Air, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1978, 48 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 September 2023, Baltimore Science Fiction Society Incorporated reported income of $107k and spending of $86k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $114k to $107k (-6.4%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Baltimore Science Fiction Society Incorporated sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($107k), Newtown Historic Association ($107k) and Tom Fennessy Mike Harden Back to School Project ($107k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 65% of the total. At year end it held assets of $240k against liabilities of $3,041, net assets of $237k.