Urban Prairie

Analysis

Urban Prairie is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Urban Prairie reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.3m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $2.0m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Urban Prairie sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Media Impact International ($2.0m), Friends of St Croix Preparatory Academy ($2.0m) and Smart Start of New Hanover County ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.5% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $465k. It reported 39 employees.