Erasing the Distance

Analysis

Erasing the Distance is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Erasing the Distance reported income of $107k and spending of $114k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $246k to $107k (-57%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Erasing the Distance sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Mary Corp ($107k), Wisconsin Regional Service Office ($107k) and 5280 Functional Wellness ($106k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $15k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of -$6,008.