Aurora Colony Historical Society Incorporated

Analysis

Aurora Colony Historical Society Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1964, 62 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, Aurora Colony Historical Society Incorporated reported income of $237k and spending of $277k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $237k (-77%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Aurora Colony Historical Society Incorporated sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uptown String Band Philadelphiamummers Inc ($237k), San Antonio Scottish Rite Library and Museum Inc ($237k) and Gage County Historical Society ($237k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $122k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 8 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.