National Trust for the Humanities

Analysis

National Trust for the Humanities is a registered charity in United States, based in Chapel Hill, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, National Trust for the Humanities reported income of $127k and spending of $80k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $206k to $127k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Trust for the Humanities sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Indian Council ($127k), The@alta Arts ($127k) and Quantitative User Experience Association ($127k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $153k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $153k.