Chicago Disability Activism Collective

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871706662
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3126320339
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,500
Expenses
$8,354
Assets
$2,447
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Angela Lacy (Board President)
  • Michelle Garcia (Board Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kimberly The (Organizer)
  • Cathleen O'Brien (Co Organizer)
  • Angela Lacy (Board President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community Education

What it reported doing in 2022

Provided Emergency funds to members, medical grocercies , rental assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.1%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 145.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.1% of revenue deployed · 1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $83 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.