NDSCS Foundation

Analysis

NDSCS Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Wahpeton, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a organisation supporting a government-owned college or university under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, NDSCS Foundation reported income of $8.8m and spending of $3.0m, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.6m to $8.8m (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 682%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, NDSCS Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Educational Options Foundation ($8.8m), Pacifica Christian High School ($8.8m) and Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation ($8.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $159k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $260k. At year end it held assets of $66.0m against liabilities of $8.3m, net assets of $57.6m.