Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center

Analysis

Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Dixon, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.6m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $2.9m to $3.1m (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baxter Foundation Inc ($3.1m), Vna Home Care of Mercer County Inc ($3.1m) and Ada Foundation ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.6% and program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $248k, net assets of $6.1m.

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.