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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-09-15</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001976719</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>New Mountain Guardian IV Income Fund, L.L.C.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NONE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001606775</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Caisse de retraite d'Hydro-Quebec</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>75 RENE LEVESQUE BOULEVARD, WEST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MONTREAL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A8</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>H2Z 1A4</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>QUEBEC, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Units of Limited Liability Company Interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1100000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person contracted to acquire the units of limited liability company interests that are the subject of this report as of September 15, 2023, but had no pecuniary interest in such units as of such date.  The units of limited liability company interests were acquired on the date of this report.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Units of limited liability company interests acquired and held as of the date of this report.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Patrick Raynauld, General Manager and Chief Investment Officer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-09-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
