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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)
$1.6Mrevenue
FY2025 · +30% in 3 yrs22staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−28.9%
Months of reserve1.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+21.4%
Middle half of peersMedianScalelit Fka Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
Where the money goes FY2025 · $2.0M spent
Programs$1.5M76%Management and general$451k22%Fundraising$50k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 12% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Grand Victoria Foundation gave about $165k a year for four years, 12% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$178k in FY2023 and −$459k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.9 months, under the peer median of 3.9.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 21% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort18funders
$1.2Ma year, last 3 years
38%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipSince FY2021$290k$377k$683kGrand Victoria FoundationStopped after FY2022$200k$160k$150k$150k–All Chicago Making Homelessness HistorySince FY2022$289k$337kLloyd a Fry FoundationSince FY2018$80k$80k$95k$80k$88k$88kJpmorgan Chase FoundationOn and off$50k$40$10$300$200kPolk Bros Foundation IncSince FY2021$30k$30k$30kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$115k$95k$102k$155k$235k$250k$150k4 other fundersUp to $50k a year each$1k$35k$22k$72k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped