Nortwoods Inc of Wisconsin

Analysis

Nortwoods Inc of Wisconsin is a registered charity in United States, based in Portage, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Nortwoods Inc of Wisconsin reported income of $5.5m and spending of $4.8m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $5.5m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. 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, Nortwoods Inc of Wisconsin sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Choice Inc ($5.5m), California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc ($5.5m) and Stars & Stripes Childrens Foundation ($5.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.6% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $305k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 184 employees.