Mother and Child Alliance

Analysis

Mother and Child Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Mother and Child Alliance reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.0m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mother and Child Alliance sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kuakini Health Systems ($2.0m), Mainsail Health Partners ($2.0m) and Luke S Wings Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $192k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $360k. At year end it held assets of $934k against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $880k.

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.