North Star Initiative

Analysis

North Star Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Lititz, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 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, North Star Initiative reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.0m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $576k to $1.2m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, North Star Initiative sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stein Gerontological Institute Inc ($1.2m), Orting Food Bank Inc ($1.2m) and Ohio Excels ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (7.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $468k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 30 employees.