Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $306,331 to it, the largest being PENN TREATY SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ($298,659). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $691k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $306k
- Net assets
- $514k
What Northern Liberties Business Improvement District does
Mission
To improve the economic development of the northern liberties district of the city of philadelphia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Northern Liberties Business Improvement District was formed in 2018 to provide supplements to the municipal services of the city of philadelphia, maintain a safe, clean and vibrant commercial district for the benefit of the residents, users and owners within the district, and to the citizens of philadelphia and the region; to create opportunities for the business and residential communities to come together to make improvements to the district.
$434,657 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $434,657.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $202k to $397k (+96%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 12% · 2023 17% · 2024 15% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
William Reed
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $96k → $56k.
From the IRS filings of NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 82% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: 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 NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $306,331 to it, the largest being PENN TREATY SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ($298,659). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $306,331 in grants to NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- PENN TREATY SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT is the largest funder on record, with $298,659 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN LIBERTIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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