River Road Historical Society

Analysis

River Road Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Destrehan, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1969, 57 years ago. 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 December 2023, River Road Historical Society reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.1m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, River Road Historical Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wings Foundation Inc ($1.1m), St Louis Jewish Light ($1.1m) and Boys and Girls Club of Marion County Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $443k. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $197k, net assets of $7.5m. It reported 38 employees.