Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative

Analysis

Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Lansing, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative reported income of $798k and spending of $740k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $404k to $798k (+97%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 200 Club of Savannah Inc ($798k), Pitney Meadows Community Farm Inc ($798k) and Learning Center of North Texas Inc ($798k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (8.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $208k. At year end it held assets of $504k against liabilities of $40k, net assets of $464k. It reported 8 employees.