Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council

Analysis

Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Plattsburgh, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 June 2023, Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $2.4m (-0.9%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vermont Hills Family Life Center ($2.4m), The Ed Roberts Campus ($2.4m) and Gathering Place ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $138k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $723k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $996k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 25 employees.