Give Me a Chance Foundation

Analysis

Give Me a Chance Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hinsdale, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 December 2023, Give Me a Chance Foundation reported income of $217k and spending of $70k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $119k to $217k (+82%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Give Me a Chance Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peaster Youth Association ($216k), Lawrence - Hopewell Trail Corporation ($217k) and Champs United Inc ($216k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 168% of the total. At year end it held assets of $454k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $454k.