A Long Walk Home

Analysis

A Long Walk Home is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 Long Walk Home reported income of $2.5m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $560k to $2.5m (+347%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, A Long Walk Home sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baltimore Museum of Industry ($2.5m), Williamstown Art Conservation Center Inc ($2.5m) and Blair House Foundation ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $413k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 5 employees.