Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation Inc

Analysis

Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1976, 50 years ago. 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, Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation Inc reported income of $581k and spending of $119k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $508k to $581k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 77th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Erath County United Way ($581k), Lewis Mall Apartments Incorporated ($581k) and Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corp Inc ($581k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 12% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.9m.