National Humanities Center

Analysis

National Humanities Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1977, 49 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, National Humanities Center reported income of $5.9m and spending of $6.8m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $3.0m to $5.9m (+97%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Humanities Center sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Musical Theatre West ($5.9m), Port Angeles Waterfront Center ($5.9m) and Luther F Carson Four Rivers Center Inc ($5.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 10% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $775k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $84.7m against liabilities of $559k, net assets of $84.2m. It reported 40 employees.