ALS United Greater Chicago

Analysis

ALS United Greater Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, 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 January 2024, ALS United Greater Chicago reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income grew from $1.9m to $2.5m (+28%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, ALS United Greater Chicago sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anxiety and Depression Association of America ($2.5m), Girdwood Health Clinic ($2.5m) and Garfield Counseling Center Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $115k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $735k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 14 employees.