Dakota Milestones

Analysis

Dakota Milestones is a registered charity in United States, based in Chamberlain, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1977, 49 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 June 2023, Dakota Milestones reported income of $4.2m and spending of $4.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $4.2m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dakota Milestones sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maine Farmland Trust Inc ($4.2m), Los Angeles Youth Network LA Youth ($4.2m) and Blinknow Foundation a NJ Nonprofitcorporation ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.5% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 199 employees.