To provide resources that promote independence and healthy aging.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$79K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
to officers and key staff · 46% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 46% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
27 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 26.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $45K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$78K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$231K
Spent
$171K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$318K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$231K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$231K
FY2021$253K
FY2022$313K
FY2023$292K
FY2024$277K
Expenses
$171K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$171K
FY2021$183K
FY2022$244K
FY2023$251K
FY2024$250K
Net assets
$318K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$318K
FY2021$388K
FY2022$457K
FY2023$497K
FY2024$524K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2002.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $130K Management & general 24% · $41K Fundraising 1% · $926

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$78,641Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chair Elect
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Porthan’s $92K as Excecutive Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lisa Porthan$91,674$89,390$86,804$77,297$78,641

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers seniors with resources for independent, healthy aging.

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1 program · $130K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Northwoods Partners volunteers and staff spent 8,096 hours serving area seniors and caregivers. Over 500 individuals received one or more of our services during 2020. Northwoods Partners recruited, trained and coordinated 79 volunteers during 2020.

$130Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$45K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$231K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$181K
Other incomeLn 4–11$31K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Money outPt IX
$171K
Ln 25
Programscol B$130K
Managementcol C$41K
Fundraisingcol D$926
Owns and owesPt X
$318K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$382K
Total assetsLn 16$395K
LiabilitiesLn 26$78K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$181K
Government grantsLn 1e$38K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$31K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$231K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$160K
SavingsLn 2$222K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$382K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$395K
LiabilitiesLn 26$78K
Net assetsLn 32$318K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 679
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$246K$382K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$264K$395K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$78K
Net assetsLn 32$257K$318K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$79K$59K$19K$786
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$26K$22K$4K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$6K$2K$60
Management feesLn 11a$2K$2K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$0$1K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$581$581$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$3K$871$40
OccupancyLn 16$24K$19K$6K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$1K$390$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$2K$3K$40
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$15K$120$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$171K$130K$41K$926

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $277K$250K$27K$524K 990 PDF
FY2023 $292K$251K$41K$497K 990 PDF
FY2022 $313K$244K$69K$457K 990 PDF
FY2021 $253K$183K$70K$388K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $231K$171K$60K$318K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $231,224 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $140,541$180,756
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,001$17,508
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,848$2,354
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $25,319$30,606
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $184,709$231,224
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $103,062$112,982
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $55,961$58,183
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $159,023$171,165
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $25,686$60,059
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $231,224 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $8,448 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$21,500
VIII-1e Government grants$37,926
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$121,330
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$24,517
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$180,756
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$9,060
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,354$2,354
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10,362$10,362
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $20,244 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$20,244
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,752 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,716$231,224
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $171,165 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $58,981 · Management $18,874 · Fundraising $786$78,641
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $21,844 · Management $4,482 · Fundraising $0$26,326
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,172 · Management $1,783 · Fundraising $60$8,015
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,160 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,160
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,100 · Fundraising $0$1,100
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $581 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$581
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,049 · Management $871 · Fundraising $40$3,960
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $18,801 · Management $5,616 · Fundraising $0$24,417
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,305 · Management $390 · Fundraising $0$1,695
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,537 · Fundraising $0$4,537
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,213 · Management $2,741 · Fundraising $40$4,994
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,619 · Management $120 · Fundraising $0$14,739
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $129,725 · Management $40,514 · Fundraising $926$171,165
Part X · Balance sheet $395,237 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $77,168$160,072
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $169,170$221,537
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $11,012$8,472
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,939$2,138
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,713$3,018
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $264,015$395,237
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,569$7,977
X-19 Deferred revenue$69,755
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,569$77,732
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $257,446$317,505
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $257,446$317,505
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $264,015$395,237
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $317,505 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$231,224
XI-2 Total expenses$171,165
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$60,059
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$257,446
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$317,505

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