Little Bulgarian School in Chicago

Analysis

Little Bulgarian School in Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Plaines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Little Bulgarian School in Chicago reported income of $837k and spending of $748k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $706k to $837k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Little Bulgarian School in Chicago sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arcadia PTO Inc ($837k), Greenville Literacy Association Inc ($837k) and Yale Broadcasting Co Inc ($836k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 60% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $917k.