Northwestern State University Foundation

Analysis

Northwestern State University Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Natchitoches, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type iii functionally integrated) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Northwestern State University Foundation reported income of $8.8m and spending of $6.7m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $4.0m to $8.8m (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Northwestern State University 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 95th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pacifica Christian High School ($8.8m), Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Inc ($8.8m) and NDSCS Foundation ($8.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31.3m against liabilities of $2.3m, net assets of $29.0m.