Community Alternatives Unlimited

Analysis

Community Alternatives Unlimited is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1981, 45 years ago. 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 June 2024, Community Alternatives Unlimited reported income of $13.5m and spending of $13.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $10.3m to $13.5m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Community Alternatives Unlimited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Resource Agency Inc ($13.5m), Cape Retirement Community Inc ($13.5m) and The Arc of South Florida ($13.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $455k (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $9.0m. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 157 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.