Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute

Analysis

Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute reported income of $170k and spending of $232k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $57k to $170k (+199%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 189% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sugarcreek Township Ambulance Service Inc ($170k), Hugs for Brady Foundation ($170k) and Hearts and Hope Foundation Inc ($169k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $429k against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of -$635k.

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.