A Better Chicago

Analysis

A Better Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, A Better Chicago reported income of $8.7m and spending of $7.6m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.9m to $8.7m (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Better Chicago sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council on Social Work Education Inc ($8.7m), Unified Vailsburg Services ($8.7m) and Neighborly Care Network Inc ($8.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $16.1m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $15.0m. It reported 19 employees.