Shining Star Youth & Community Services

Analysis

Shining Star Youth & Community Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Shining Star Youth & Community Services reported income of $6.0m and spending of $5.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.2m to $6.0m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Shining Star Youth & Community Services sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence ($6.0m), Gary Comer Youth Center ($6.0m) and Life360 Community Services ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.6m. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $368k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 80 employees.