Push for Excellence Inc

Analysis

Push for Excellence Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Push for Excellence Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.7m (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Push for Excellence Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Az Impact for Good ($1.7m), St Barnabas Clinical Services Inc ($1.7m) and Segd ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $220k. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $147k, net assets of $86k. It reported 3 employees.