Panhandle Area Council Inc
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What it says it does
TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF NORTHERN IDAHO, THE STATE OF IDAHO AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE; TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC STABILITY OF SAID AREAS; TO SEEK, ACCEPT AND ASSIST IN THE PLACEMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIES AND TO ASSIST IN THE WELL-BEING AND EXPANSION OF PRESENT INDUSTRIES OF THE REGION; TO COOPERATE WITH ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL, AND WITH ALL INTERESTED PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND LEGAL ENTITIES IN THE FURTHERING OF ALL SUCH PURPOSES; TO ACCEPT AND USE ANY FEDERAL OR STATE AID FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND ANY PRIVATE FUNDS WHICH MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION FOR ITS USES AND PURPOSES; TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY STUDIES AND SURVEYS, TO BORROW MONEY, TO BUY, SELL, HOLD, ACQUIRE, OWN, MORTGAGE, HYPOTHECATE, TRANSFER, LEASE, EXCHANGE, TRADE OR OTHERWISE TO ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY; TO EXERICSE THOSE POWERS COMMONLY EXERCISED BY NATURAL PERSONS AND TO DO ALL ACTS OR THINGS USEFUL OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS CONSTITUTED.
- Income
- $3.0 million
- Spending
- $1.5 million
- Employees
- 13
- Highest pay
- $158,574, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $1.5 million spent. TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS CONCERNS INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE REGION BY PROVIDING LOANS, BUSINESS COUNSELING, GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE, GRANT WRITING AND ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND A BUSINESS INCUBATOR FOR START-UP AND EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESSES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1974.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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