Tidelines Institute

Analysis

Tidelines Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Gustavus, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 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 December 2023, Tidelines Institute reported income of $1.0m and spending of $594k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $270k to $1.0m (+278%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 315%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Tidelines Institute sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tommy Spaulding Leadership Institute ($1.0m), Erac-Ce ($1.0m) and Montgomery Christian Academy ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $267k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $1,871, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 17 employees.