Evanston-Skokie District 65 Education Foundation

Analysis

Evanston-Skokie District 65 Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Evanston, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 2024, Evanston-Skokie District 65 Education Foundation reported income of $268k and spending of $343k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $331k to $268k (-19%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Evanston-Skokie District 65 Education Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of American Archivists Foundation ($268k), Medbrook Childrens Charity Inc ($268k) and Concordia University Foundation ($268k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $94k (27% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2,669. At year end it held assets of $554k against liabilities of $143, net assets of $554k. It reported 3 employees.

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.