Arise Chicago

Overview

Mission

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Policy change & government improvement: city: arise served on the mayor's co-governance steering committee. County: following advocacy from arise, the cook county commission on human rights cchr hired an additional training & outreach coordinator. State: arise, as part of the raise the floor alliance (rtf), advocated at the state level for additional worker protections provisions, several of which were incorporated into amendments to the whistleblower protection act, which passed the Illinois general assembly in may 2024 and took effect january 1, 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201072983
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7732515003
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.2%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.2% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • REV CJ HAWKING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $213,184 total reported compensation
  • ADAM KADER (PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR): $150,160 total reported compensation
  • ROCHELLE RUZICKA (COMMUNICATIONS & FINANCE DIRECTOR): $144,065 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.