Pitch in

Analysis

Pitch in is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Pitch in reported income of $668k and spending of $970k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $914k to $668k (-27%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Pitch in 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 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bikur Vezrat Cholim Inc ($667k), Wray Community Child Care Center ($668k) and Epiphany School Foundation Inc ($666k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $152k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $491k. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $27k. It reported 14 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.