Chicagoland Grows

Analysis

Chicagoland Grows is a registered charity in United States, based in Glencoe, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1991, 35 years ago. 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 December 2023, Chicagoland Grows reported income of $116k and spending of $66k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $224k to $116k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Chicagoland Grows 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 41st percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anthony J Hyde Parent Teacher Association ($116k), The Marketplace Initiative Inc ($116k) and Logos Encounter Inc ($116k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $407k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $407k.