Cair-Chicago

Analysis

Cair-Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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 2022, Cair-Chicago reported income of $1.1m and spending of $937k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $986k to $1.1m (+9.4%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Cair-Chicago sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sober Apartment Living Co ($1.1m), Battered Womens Legal Advocacy Project ($1.1m) and Organized Communities Against Deportations ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $469k. It paid $250 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $625, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 10 employees.