Maine · Nonprofit
THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC
THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC (Maine) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $486,072 to it, the largest being THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION ($100,755). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $486k
- Net assets
- $528k
What The Northern Lighthouse Inc does
Mission
The northern lighthouse, inc. Staff will provide respect, understanding, and strength based service to our families. We acknowledge that families undergo a growth process including a grieving process, when their children are in need of services. We will be respectful of where each family member is at in this process. Our staff will provide quality supportive services to children and parents involved in our programs. We will provide educational support to all family members involved with the child as needed. Our staff will focus on a trauma informed, consumer guided, and family driven approach to treatment. All staff will have an understanding of co-occurring disorders. Our staff will also focus on a strength based approach to working with families, recognizing strengths within the family structure. Our staff will provide services to support families, build self-confidence, self-esteem, personal responsibility, as well as skill development. Our staff will encourage families to make info
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Northern Lighthouse Inc contracts rehabilitation services with the state of maine under section 28 and 65 programs as well as therapy and case management
$1,477,825 spent$1,557,678 earned by the program39% of program spendingThe Northern Lighthouse Inc has a 6 bed co ed group home facility. All expenses are for the home and direct care of the girls and boys, consultants and training expenses.
$2,276,696 spent$2,264,479 earned by the program61% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,754,521.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.2M to $1.8M (−42%).
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: 2020 15% · 2021 28% · 2022 28% · 2023 20% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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.
Chief executive
Tiffany Falkner
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $23k → $51k.
2 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 44% · 2019 69% · 2020 33% · 2021 33% · 2022 85% · 2023 31% — 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
12% of THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% 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
THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.3M
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 THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC?
- THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC (Maine) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $486,072 to it, the largest being THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION ($100,755). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $486,072 in grants to THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC?
- THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,755 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 32 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