Delta Institute

Analysis

Delta Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Delta Institute reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $3.4m to $2.0m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Delta Institute sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Carolina Council on Competitiveness ($2.0m), Landscape Architecture Foundation ($2.0m) and Windmill Alliance Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $213k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $913k. At year end it held assets of $8.0m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $6.1m. It reported 17 employees.