The Historical Society for the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510341227
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Georgetown, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3026562500
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,944
- Expenses
- $5,240
- Assets
- $164,743
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID C MCBRIDE (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DAVID C MCBRIDE (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
- ROBERT J KRINER (SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR)
- BONNIE W DAVID (TREASURER AND DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The historical society for the court of chancery of the state of Delaware supports and promotes historical projects, lecture series and other activities to preserve the rich history of the Delaware court of chancery. These activities have included biographies of members of the court of chancery, the history of the court of chancery from 1792-1992, and the commission of portraits of past members of the court of chancery. These activities benefit not only hundreds of corporate practitioners in Delaware but also many thousands of corporate pracititioners and scholars nationally and internationally.
What it reported doing in 2024
The historical society for the court of chancery of the state of Delaware supports and promotes activities that have included biographies of members of the court of chancery, the history of the court of chancery from 1792-1992, and the commission of portraits of past members of the court of chancery.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.44; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -131.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.