Agricultural History Project

Analysis

Agricultural History Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Watsonville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1988, 38 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, Agricultural History Project reported income of $184k and spending of $149k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $678k to $184k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Agricultural History Project sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Historic Society of Kent County Maryland Inc ($184k), Arts-Us ($184k) and Open Book Theatre Company ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 1 employees.