Realtors Relief Foundation

Analysis

Realtors Relief Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Realtors Relief Foundation reported income of $4.5m and spending of $4.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $4.5m (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 380%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Realtors Relief Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yellowstone Mountain Club Public Safety and Privacy Inc ($4.5m), Summerfield Fire District Inc ($4.5m) and Harrison County Emergency Squad Inc ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $11.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $11.4m.