Children at the Crossroads Foundation

Analysis

Children at the Crossroads Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 June 2023, Children at the Crossroads Foundation reported income of $540k and spending of $814k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $540k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Children at the Crossroads Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Darien Foundation Inc ($540k), Dar US Sakina ($540k) and McNy Bronx Inc ($540k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $397k, net assets of $2.7m.