South Carolina Civil Rights Museum

Analysis

South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Orangeburg, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, 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, South Carolina Civil Rights Museum reported income of $467k and spending of $306k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $189k to $467k (+147%), an average of +147% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 147%. 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, South Carolina Civil Rights Museum sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Museum of American Heritage ($467k), Hartbeat Ensemble Inc ($467k) and Avant Chamber Ballet ($467k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $255k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $255k.