Howard County Poetry & Literary Society

Analysis

Howard County Poetry & Literary Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1979, 47 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 June 2024, Howard County Poetry & Literary Society reported income of $78k and spending of $87k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2024, income fell from $90k to $78k (-14%), an average of -14% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Howard County Poetry & Literary Society sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame ($78k), Nob Hill Mainstreet ($78k) and Hamburg Area Historical Society Inc ($78k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $61k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $61k.