Un Learning Space Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861308623
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,753
Expenses
$215,239
Assets
$18,017
Liabilities
$2,358

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JASON MERCER (Treasurer)
  • LYDIA MERCER (Executive Dir.)
  • APRILL BUCKER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create experiences that help people acknowledge and unlearn socialized beliefs by recognizing and centering counternarratives, creating space for community, and embarking on an antiracist journey.

What it reported doing in 2024

The UnLearning Space had the privilege to serve over 20 clients from non-profit organizations, schools, community based organizations, foundations, and for-profit organizations. We offer 4 services including: UnLearning Experiences, UnLearning Literature Review: Culturally Relevant Resource Revision, UnLearning Coaching and Consulting, and the UnLearning Cultural Diagnostic. The breakdown of these 4 services for our partner organizations are as follows: 7 Cultural Diagnostics Quantitative and Qualitative research + analysis + recommendations + Coaching + UnLearning Experiences - Whole package 7 UnLearning Coaching and Consulting Clients 5 UnLearning Experiences Differentiated workshops to address oppression and relevant content, specifically antiracism 2 UnLearning Literature Review: Culturally Relevant Resource Revisions Created and edited curriculum 9-12th grade, English and College and Career using Culturally Relevant lens

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.