All Chicago Making Homelessness History

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364272272
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3123790301
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,915,318
Expenses
$54,624,829
Assets
$23,616,318
Liabilities
$6,140,642

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROLYN ROSS (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROLYN ROSS (PRESIDENT/CEO): $258,048 total reported compensation
  • REGINALD ALLEN (SR VP OF PEOPLE AND OPERATIONS): $171,133 total reported compensation
  • JENNIER GRANDBERRY (VP OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS): $154,001 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

All chicago making homelessness history leads chicago's collaborative effort to ensure that everyone has a place to call home.

What it reported doing in 2024

Continuum of care - all chicago convenes key stakeholders and drives collaboration to lead chicago's city-wide response to homelessness through the chicago continuum of care (coc). All chicago leads the member agencies through a year-round process of research, evaluation, training, strategic planning, and federal funding applications. All chicago manages the homeless management information system (hmis) database, which maintains data on chicagoans experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and the services they receive. All chicago also serves as the coordinated entry system lead agency for the coc. This includes assessing people for diversion and housing resources, connecting eligible people to housing, and supporting individuals in locating housing units when prioritized for housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $97.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $51.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $258K · 26 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $502K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 58 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 51 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.