Featherfist

Analysis

Featherfist is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1993, 33 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 December 2023, Featherfist reported income of $12.8m and spending of $12.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.7m to $12.8m (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Featherfist sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Yamhill Community Action Partnership ($12.7m), Young Mens Christian Association of Middletown Ny ($12.8m) and Jewish Home of Rochester Senior Housing Inc ($12.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $737k, net assets of $950k. It reported 64 employees.