North Star Dance Foundation

Analysis

North Star Dance Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairbanks, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, North Star Dance Foundation reported income of $578k and spending of $609k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $525k to $578k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, North Star Dance Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Data for Black Lives Inc ($578k), Language Tree Inc ($578k) and Korean Community Center ($578k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $265k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $382k. It reported 10 employees.