Chicago Blackhawks Foundation

Analysis

Chicago Blackhawks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Chicago Blackhawks Foundation reported income of $3.5m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $3.5m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Chicago Blackhawks Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victoria College Foundation Inc ($3.5m), Fanconi Cancer Foundation ($3.5m) and United Philanthropy Forum ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.1m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $4.2m.