The H & a Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204010343
IRS 990-PF coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
9498551154
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,117
Expenses
$31,663

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

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 18 grants totaling $28,981. The stated grant purposes included school supplies were used toward school activities for students., provide meals to impoverished children, and team produces original research to understand the causes of gun violence, develop evidence-based solutions, and communicate this knowledge to the publicincluding policymakers and journalists. and, were working toensure that gun safety laws are effectively implemented and defended against constitutional challenges., plus 14 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 97% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 93
  • Cost Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 84

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 23.63; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 93.4% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 84th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • 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.