Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Analysis

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 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 December 2023, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported income of $5.8m and spending of $6.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.0m to $5.8m (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orangeburg High School for Health Professions ($5.8m), Tulane Murphy Foundation Inc ($5.8m) and SC Health Sciences Inc ($5.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 28% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.3m (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $14.7m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $13.1m. It reported 35 employees.