National Council on Public History

Analysis

National Council on Public History is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, National Council on Public History reported income of $885k and spending of $959k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $424k to $885k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National Council on Public History sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kewanee School District 229 Foundation Fund ($884k), Endeavor Charter School Foundation Inc ($885k) and New Horizon High School ($884k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $120k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.