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NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,300 to it, the largest being WHITNEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($24,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$183k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$24k
Net assets
$1.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Northwood Education Foundation Inc does

Mission

Further educational programs of northwood school district

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Our vision is a community where our students have the opportunities to achieve their full potential in a global society. To bring that vision into reality, we provide financial resources to fund superior education and varied world experiences including, but not limited to, academics, music, athletics, arts, and civic activities for children in the northwood school district. Toward that end the northwood education foundation has contributed more than a $1,000,000 in project and program funding since its inception in 1994.

    $29,453 spentof which $23,132 as grants$57,587 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $29,453.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($149k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets 100 ($690k)2018 Revenue 29 ($43k) Expenses 134 ($52k) Net assets 89 ($616k)2019 Revenue 99 ($148k) Expenses 121 ($47k) Net assets 120 ($826k)2020 Revenue 71 ($106k) Expenses 118 ($46k) Net assets 132 ($910k)2021 Revenue 36 ($53k) Expenses 84 ($33k) Net assets 148 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 219 ($326k) Expenses 95 ($37k) Net assets 166 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 47 ($70k) Expenses 65 ($25k) Net assets 186 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 52 ($77k) Expenses 134 ($52k) Net assets 202 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 123 ($183k) Expenses 78 ($30k) Net assets 244 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (123)Expenses (78)Net assets (244)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.4M to $1.7M (+20%).

$690k
$616k
$826k
$910k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

61% of NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$110k
’17
−$9k
’18
$100k
’19
$60k
’20
$20k
’21
$289k
’22
$44k
’23
$25k
’24
$152k
’25
207
months of
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.

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Listed11119111112121211
Joined·+1+0+2+3+2+4+0+2
No longer listed·12031403
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $3k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’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.

Where its funders are

NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin83% · top quartile
Months of reserve206.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

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 Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,300 to it, the largest being WHITNEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($24,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $24,300 in grants to NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
WHITNEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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