Northern Lights Guardianship

Analysis

Northern Lights Guardianship is a registered charity in United States, based in Saranac Lake, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Northern Lights Guardianship reported income of $573k and spending of $485k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $147k to $573k (+289%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Northern Lights Guardianship sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 68th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for SMFM ($573k), Swaliga Foundation ($573k) and Communities in Schools of Rowan ($573k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $352k. At year end it held assets of $481k against liabilities of $140k, net assets of $342k. It reported 24 employees.