Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP

Analysis

Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.8m (+12%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Academies ($1.8m), Family Young Mens Christian Association ($1.8m) and Comstock Community Center Incorporated ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $555k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 15 employees.