California · Nonprofit
Great Northern Services
Great Northern Services (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,694,201 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($430,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Great Northern Services does
Mission
Great Northern Services mission is to invigorate communities by initiating positive social change to improve economic conditions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Block Grant is funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and provides two basic types of services. Eligible low-income persons, via local governmental and nonprofitorganizations, can receive financial assistance to offset the costs of heating and/or cooling dwellings, and/or have their dwellings weatherized to make them more energy efficient. This is accomplished through these program components: *The Weatherization Program provides free weatherization services to improve theenergy efficiency of homes, including attic insulation, weather stripping, minor housing repairs, and related energy conservation measures. *The Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP) provides payments for weather-related or energy-related emergencies.
$1,349,295 spent$5,224 earned by the program47% of program spendingThe Food Bank Program distributes USDA Commodities and emergency food to 23 food pantries in Siskiyou County. The Organization was designated by the State of California, and the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors, to operate this program.
$287,694 spent$2,248 earned by the program10% of program spendingGNS Other
$265,600 spent$62,967 earned by the program9% of program spendingCommunity Cafs in Siskiyou County at which seniors and non-seniors can enjoy congregate meals: one at the Mt. Shasta City Park and one at the Dunsmuir Community Center Building. Home Delivered Meals are also available to seniors residing within the four South County communities of Mt. Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir, and McCloud, who meet home-delivery service criteria. All of the meals we offer feature complex carbohydrates, nutrient-packed vegetables, and healthy proteins. We also have options to meet common dietary restrictions, such as a diabetic or gluten-free diet.
$262,237 spent9% of program spendingHousing and rehabilitation programs writes and administers grants awarded to jurisdictions for housing rehabilitation of substandard homes occupied by low income residents of Siskiyou County. Focus is on health and safety issues, testing & removal of lead-based paint and asbestos, handicap accessibility, and major & minor repairs.
$228,694 spent8% of program spendingPacifiCorp is an electric power company in the northwestern United States. Provides funding and assistance to territory energy offices to help them advance their clean energy economy while contributing to national energy goals.
$201,029 spent7% of program spendingThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) provides funding and technical assistance to state and territory energy offices to help them advance their clean energy economy while contributing to national energy goals.The purpose of WAP is to increase the energy efficiency of homes owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures such as heating and cooling bills, and improve the health and safety of families. Weatherization is the process of making your home more efficient, thereby reducing energy usage and costs. Some of the more common types of weatherization include: sealing the holes and cracks around windows, doors, and pipes, ensuring proper levels of insulation, fixing or replacing windows, putting an insulated blanket around your water heater and making sure your heating and air conditioning systems are working properly.
$183,506 spent6% of program spendingThe Community Services Program Siskiyou County HIV/AIDS Foundation provides access to health care and support services for individuals who are HIV positive. The main purpose is to provide access to the needed services to keep each HIV positive individual medically, physically and emotionally stable. This is provided through ongoing case management by a team consisting of a social worker, a registered nurse, the clients medical doctor and an infectious disease specialist.
$67,262 spent2% of program spendingUSDA Microentrepreneur Assistance Program provides public works and rural development projects including environmental review and prevailing wages. Working with local, rural communities, this program includes providing technical assistance in regards to water, waste water, solid waste planning, zoning matters, economic development concerns, grant administrative services, procurement of funding, project management and assistance with local boards and councils.
$3,214 spent0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,848,531.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $2.2M (−9%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 89% · 2018 92% · 2019 94% · 2020 75% · 2021 83% · 2022 94% · 2023 92% · 2024 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Great Northern Services’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $452k → $134k.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Great Northern Services’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Great Northern Services has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Great Northern Services.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 55% · 2019 53% · 2020 51% · 2021 49% · 2022 42% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of Great Northern Services's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of Great Northern Services's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $655k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside California, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Great Northern Services's revenue grew 30% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Great Northern Services receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $67k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$67k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Great Northern Services
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Great Northern Services: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Great Northern Services?
- Great Northern Services (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,694,201 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($430,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Great Northern Services have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,694,201 in grants to Great Northern Services, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Great Northern Services?
- MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $430,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Great Northern Services find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing