City of Refuge - Chicago

Analysis

City of Refuge - Chicago is a registered charity in United States, based in Barrington, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, City of Refuge - Chicago reported income of $424k and spending of $298k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $297k to $424k (+43%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City of Refuge - Chicago sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independence Farm Inc 010192 ($424k), Jesus Is the Way the Truth and the Life Mobile Ministries ($424k) and Simply the Basics ($424k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $414k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $414k.