National Lawyers Guild - Chicago Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820854178
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
9258781841
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Liberties

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,167
Expenses
$27,870
Assets
$214,528

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARLYN GRACE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHARLYN GRACE (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFERY FRANK (DIRECTOR)
  • MADELINE TOWNSEND (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

The national lawyers guild chicago foundation promotes the mission of the national lawyers guild - chicago chapter through public education and as- needed grants. The national lawyers guild - chicago chapter (nlgcc) is dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. Nlgcc seeks to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of america in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promote the mission of the national lawyers guild - chicago chapter through public education and as-needed grants.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.4%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.7; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -72.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -87.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.4% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.