Chicago Defender Charities Inc

Analysis

Chicago Defender Charities Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2024, 2 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 January 2023, Chicago Defender Charities Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2023, income grew from $270k to $1.6m (+478%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 285%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Chicago Defender Charities Inc 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 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sustainability Institute Inc ($1.6m), Creser Capital Fund ($1.6m) and Radius Indiana Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $275k. At year end it held assets of $161k against liabilities of $176k, net assets of -$15k. It reported 4 employees.