LA Plata County Historical Society Inc

Analysis

LA Plata County Historical Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Durango, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1975, 51 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, LA Plata County Historical Society Inc reported income of $196k and spending of $153k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $152k to $196k (+29%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, LA Plata County Historical Society Inc sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Frontiersmen Inc ($196k), Columbia River Institute for Indigenous Development ($196k) and National Parks Arts Foundation ($196k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $349k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $349k.