Tuesdays Child

Analysis

Tuesdays Child is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tuesdays Child reported income of $637k and spending of $984k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $637k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tuesdays Child sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winnett Aces Inc ($637k), Isaiah 58 Inc ($637k) and Student Parenting and Family Services Inc ($637k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $600k. At year end it held assets of $752k against liabilities of $222k, net assets of $530k. It reported 26 employees.