What About Us Charitable Enterprises Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

The faith-based crisis response and education program equips faith leaders, volunteers, and community members with resources, training, and support to respond effectively to crises affecting the community. The program provides education on violence prevention, conflict resolution, trauma awareness, and community stabilization while partnering with local organizations and residents to promote peace and healing. The program also ged preparation for participants. The impact of this initiative includes stronger community engagement, increased awareness of available resources, and enhanced collaboration between faith institutions and community stakeholders during times of crisis. We have engaged residents in 8 reactive community mobilizations in response to violence and 4 proactive community mobilizations this past year. Proactive mobilizations are defined as events that take place in hot spot areas where violence has the potential to exist. Reactive mobilizations are defined as events where the austin community is impacted by a mass, shootings, tender aged shootings (15yrs old or younger) or senior impacted by a shooting. During our mobilizations community member, resource organizations and chicago police department participate. Over 1300 residents have participated in our mobilizations and thousands of doors have been knocked on and residents engaged. Foods, music, resources and essentials items are distributed during the mobilizations, residents are receptive to the response noted that they are happy to see the community come together during a tragic event. Our education program has assisted 18 participants who formally held ties to street organizations with ged prep, life skills training and opportunity workshops. We have 1 student who has successfully completed their ged. We continue our partnership with violence prevention organizations and city colleges of chicago to change the narrative of our youth.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 58.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 86% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings