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Screen a listChicago Fair Trade
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$308krevenue
FY2025 · +31% in 3 yrs4 of 4years filed
’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−8.5%
Months of reserve0.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+9.3%
Middle half of peersMedianChicago Fair Trade
Where the money goes FY2025 · $334k spent
Programs$242k72%Management and general$75k22%Fundraising$18k5%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$19k in FY2023, −$30k in FY2024 and −$26k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.6 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2022, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort9funders
$11ka year, last 3 years
76%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23WK Kellogg FoundationEvery year since FY2017$2k$2k$1k$16k$15k$5k$4kThe Pierce Family Charitable FoundationSince FY2021$500$1k$1kThe Barr FundOn and off$250Arthur J Gallagher FoundationStopped after FY2020$50$100–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$20$5k$35$41
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped