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Historical Society of Topsail

Topsail Beach, North Carolina · EIN 56-1501496 · tax-exempt since 1986

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 62.7 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended May 2026.

Graded against 117,084 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.54.0 months11
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.74% of practices74
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.86
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.3% from one source82
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.87.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.12.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
May 2026Form 990$362K$261K$101K$1.18M54.04C
May 2025Form 990$334K$233K$101K$1.02M52.34C
May 2024Form 990$297K$306K−$9,086$911K35.74C
May 2023Form 990$282K$250K$32K$901K43.24C
May 2022Form 990$309K$165K$143K$877K63.73D
May 2021Form 990$111K$124K−$13K$748K72.26D
May 2020Form 990$216K$155K$61K$731K56.85D
May 2019Form 990$199K$196K$2,619$670K40.93C
May 2018Form 990$229K$146K$83K$667K54.73C
May 2017Form 990$193K$122K$71K$584K57.33D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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