North Country Home Services

Analysis

North Country Home Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Saranac Lake, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, North Country Home Services reported income of $13.6m and spending of $10.0m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $10.4m to $13.6m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. 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, North Country Home Services sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc ($13.6m), People Inc of Sequoyah County ($13.6m) and Good Shepherd Home ($13.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.7% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $414k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.5m. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 295 employees.