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Center for Technology and Civic Life

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 47-2158694 · Public & Societal Benefit · tax-exempt since 2015

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 52.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended January 2025.

Graded against 964 public & societal benefit nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.40.4 months36
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.94% of practices94
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.2
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.92% from one source40
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jan 2025Form 990$29.04M$25.33M$3.71M$85.32M40.461C
Jan 2024Form 990$10.23M$22.89M−$12.66M$72.64M38.152C
Jan 2023Form 990$19.21M$16.01M$3.21M$79.46M59.647D
Jan 2022Form 990$64.57M$4.77M$59.81M$81.02M203.856F
Jan 2021Form 990$356.25M$335.43M$20.82M$23.88M0.928D
Jan 2020Form 990$3.40M$1.38M$2.03M$3.06M26.615C
Jan 2019Form 990$1.41M$1.12M$295K$1.03M11.017A
Jan 2018Form 990$1.04M$842K$203K$734K10.511B
Jan 2017Form 990$971K$1.00M−$32K$480K5.715B
Jan 2016Form 990$1.01M$502K$512K$512K12.26A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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