Curious Society

Analysis

Curious Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Joliet, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2021, 5 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, Curious Society reported income of $51k and spending of $16k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $129k to $51k (-61%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Curious Society sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 16th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Inc ($51k), Inside Out Studio Inc ($51k) and Jasper County Museum Foundation ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $175k against liabilities of $95k, net assets of $80k.