Illinois Joining Forces Foundation

Analysis

Illinois Joining Forces Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Illinois Joining Forces Foundation reported income of $1.1m and spending of $637k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $483k to $1.1m (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Illinois Joining Forces Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sibley County Developmental Achievement Center ($1.1m), Women in Product ($1.1m) and Diamonds on the Rise ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $359k. At year end it held assets of $890k against liabilities of $248k, net assets of $643k. It reported 5 employees.