Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation

Analysis

Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1987, 39 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, Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation reported income of $449k and spending of $353k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $236k to $449k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cultural Council of Indian River County Inc ($449k), Video Game History Foundation Inc ($449k) and Hola Carolina ($449k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.8m.