Chicago Friends of Haiti

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821006453
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3126183581
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,567
Expenses
$142,858
Assets
$52,044
Liabilities
$1,430

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ted Powers (Exec. Director/President)

People named in this filing

  • Doug Park (Director)
  • Maria Masharr (Director)
  • Charles Michalek (Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To use any and all assets and income derived therefrom solely for the purposes of conducting (i) orphan care and education in Haiti; (ii) orphanage and community development and maintenance; and (iii) benevolent and charitable activities in the country of Haiti in the effort to assist the people of Haiti, and in particular its orphaned children, disadvantaged and displaced persons, to achieve security, dignity, education, and safety. As central commitments of the corporation, the resources of the corporation shall be used for education, nutrition, healthcare, clean water, building infrastructure and economic development programs to support orphans and orphanages in partnership with El Shaddai Ministries and other indigenous charitable organizations in Haiti. (iii) benevolent and charitable activities in the country of Haiti in the effort to assist the people of Haiti, and in particular its orphaned children, disadvantaged and displaced persons, to achieve security, dignity, education,

What it reported doing in 2025

Humanitarian aid in Haiti

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -32.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $134K 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 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.