Pajaro Valley Historical Association

Analysis

Pajaro Valley Historical Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Watsonville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1966, 60 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, Pajaro Valley Historical Association reported income of $134k and spending of $163k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $166k to $134k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pajaro Valley Historical Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enloe Arts Guild Inc ($134k), Missouri Pacific Historical Society ($134k) and Artist Advocacy Foundation Inc ($134k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $34k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $3,000, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 1 employees.