Little Heroes League

Analysis

Little Heroes League is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Little Heroes League reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $583k to $1.3m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Little Heroes League sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mision Ruah ($1.3m), Former Agents of the Fbi Foundation ($1.3m) and Fenwick Community Fund ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $212k. At year end it held assets of $573k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $573k. It reported 1 employees.