Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation

Analysis

Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Vicksburg, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1994, 32 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 September 2023, Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation reported income of $224k and spending of $268k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $232k to $224k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include At the Epicenter ($224k), Freedom Honor Flight Inc ($224k) and History Alive Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $72k. At year end it held assets of $65k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $65k. It reported 3 employees.