Revolution Workshop

Analysis

Revolution Workshop is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 December 2023, Revolution Workshop reported income of $4.3m and spending of $3.5m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $508k to $4.3m (+740%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 252%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Revolution Workshop sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Bay Sanctuary Covenant ($4.3m), Tellico Reservoir Development Agency ($4.3m) and Park Heights Renaissance ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 3.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $539k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 174 employees.