Grow Your Own Illinois

Analysis

Grow Your Own Illinois is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Grow Your Own Illinois reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to June 2023, income grew from $734k to $3.4m (+365%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Grow Your Own Illinois sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 York Day Nursery Inc ($3.4m), Intermountain Christian School ($3.4m) and Harbor City International Charter School ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $167k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $676k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $184k, net assets of $936k. It reported 10 employees.