Edenton Historical Commission

Analysis

Edenton Historical Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Edenton, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1980, 46 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, Edenton Historical Commission reported income of $477k and spending of $396k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $185k to $477k (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 291%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Edenton Historical Commission sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Actors Theatre ($477k), Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens Theatre of Orange County ($477k) and Sarasota Film Festival Inc ($477k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $193k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $8,810, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 10 employees.