Buena Vista Heritage

Analysis

Buena Vista Heritage is a registered charity in United States, based in Buena Vista, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1990, 36 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 December 2023, Buena Vista Heritage reported income of $284k and spending of $343k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $493k to $284k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Buena Vista Heritage sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 58th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Company Dance Traverse ($284k), New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society ($284k) and The Gaden Shartse Cultural Foundation ($284k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $67k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $26, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 2 employees.