Junior Council

Analysis

Junior Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 July 2023, Junior Council reported income of $137k and spending of $122k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income fell from $314k to $137k (-56%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Junior Council sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Patches of Light ($137k), Second Chance Living Pmi Corporation ($137k) and Grandmas Love Inc ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% of the total. At year end it held assets of $23k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $23k.