Hatzalah Chicago

Analysis

Hatzalah Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincolnwood, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Hatzalah Chicago reported income of $972k and spending of $1.5m, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $972k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hatzalah Chicago sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Itineris Foundation ($971k), New Mexico Suicide Intervention ($972k) and Facial Pain Research Foundation Inc ($971k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $124k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 5 employees.