Out with Purpose
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363678222
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Oak Park, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3129371249
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Lesbian, Gay Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,557
- Expenses
- $95,247
- Assets
- $184,833
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Cas Scaman (Co-Chair)
- John Becvar (Co-Chair)
- Wendy Cole (At-Large Board Member)
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
Education and civic activities to support the local LGBTQIA+ community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Advocacy- participation in public events and committees to advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights and educate the public in LGBTQIA+ issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 65; 65th 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: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.