Pitch in FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 45-1256875Revenue $1.1M in FY2021

On file with the IRSwffpitchin.org525 W Monroe St, 60661-3629 · Chicago, ILTax-exempt since Jan 2012Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Improve the lives of Chicago area children by providing long term support and services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$153K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $122K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$153K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$16K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$863K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$768K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2021▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$925K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$647K
FY2023$839K
FY2024$668K
Expenses
$863K
FY2021▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$993K
FY2021$863K
FY2022$857K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$970K
Net assets
$768K
FY2021▲ +35%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$568K
FY2021$768K
FY2022$558K
FY2023$330K
FY2024$27K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $554K Management & general 15% · $131K Fundraising 21% · $178K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $153K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$152,708Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laura Muriello’s $187K as Executive Director is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 133 <$100K philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laura Muriello$187,302$33,841$70,798$152,708$162,824
Janene a Ingram——$112,831——
Janene Ingram—$92,640———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering Chicago children with long-term support and services to improve their lives.

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1 program · $554K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The Wood Family Foundation's Pitch In program actively partners with four Chicago Public elementary Schools in the North Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods to deliver an after-school, social-emotional learning program grounded in: building trusting, long-term, collaborative relationships with 4th-9th students, their families…

$554Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$26
Money outPt IX
$863K
Ln 25
Programscol B$554K
Managementcol C$131K
Fundraisingcol D$178K
Owns and owesPt X
$768K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$482K
Total assetsLn 16$783K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$183K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$98K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$37K
Investment incomeLn 3$26
Gains on assetsLn 7−$44
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$406K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$482K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K
Total assetsLn 16$783K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$768K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 655
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$565K$482K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K$13K
Total assetsLn 16$667K$783K
LiabilitiesLn 26$99K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$568K$768K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$167K$67K$33K$67K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$401K$277K$48K$77K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$26K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$46K$28K$6K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$5K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$1K$3K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$33K$20K$5K$8K
TravelLn 17$1K$877$239
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$323$151$164$8
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$8K$2K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$9K$2K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$122K$113K$5K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$77$77
Total functional expensesLn 25$863K$554K$131K$178K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $668K$970K−$303K$27K 990 PDF
FY2023 $839K$1.1M−$228K$330K 990 PDF
FY2022 $647K$857K−$210K$558K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.1M$863K$200K$768K 990 PDF
FY2020 $925K$993K−$68K$568K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,062,947 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $902,042$1,081,335
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$3,481−$18
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,639−$18,370
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $925,200$1,062,947
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $632,555$644,582
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $360,809$218,256
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $993,364$862,838
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$68,164$200,109
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,062,947 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$36,658
VIII-1e Government grants$183,264
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$861,413
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$97,647
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,081,335
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26$26
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$44−$44
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$18,370−$18,370
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$18,388$1,062,947
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $862,838 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $66,763 · Management $33,381 · Fundraising $66,763$166,907
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $276,568 · Management $48,124 · Fundraising $76,634$401,326
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,617 · Management $2,341 · Fundraising $2,404$30,362
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,344 · Management $6,442 · Fundraising $11,201$45,987
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,415$16,415
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,443 · Management $7,566$13,009
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,459 · Management $2,615 · Fundraising $2,000$6,074
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,109 · Management $4,569 · Fundraising $7,947$32,625
IX-17 TravelPrograms $877 · Management $239$1,116
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $151 · Management $164 · Fundraising $8$323
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,698 · Management $1,750 · Fundraising $3,042$12,490
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,766 · Management $1,993 · Fundraising $3,464$14,223
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $112,549 · Management $5,120 · Fundraising $4,235$121,904
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $77$77
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $554,344 · Management $130,796 · Fundraising $177,698$862,838
Part X · Balance sheet $783,331 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $488,807$405,791
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $76,349$76,364
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $62,750$275,805
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,263$12,208
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $25,652$13,163
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $666,821$783,331
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,591$15,629
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $89,637$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $99,228$15,629
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $502,593$612,702
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $65,000$155,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $567,593$767,702
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $666,821$783,331
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $767,702 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,062,947
XI-2 Total expenses$862,838
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$200,109
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$567,593
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$767,702

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