Public Charity

Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute

Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute, of Chicago, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $8.0M in revenue, $4.2M in expenses, $7.6M in total assets. 64 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 821199695 Chicago, IL Minority Rights NTEE: R22 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$8.0M
Total Expenses$4.2M
Total Assets$7.6M
Grant Records64
Funding Total$5.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

Where $100 goes at Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute

How Action Center on Race & the Economy Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$79
Programs include ways to reduce racial and economic inequality and promote economic and racial justice through public education, research and advocacy, training community organizations about economic and racial…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
$1,000,000
2025
Federal Unionists Network
$25,000
2024
General operating support and project support
$225,000
2024
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
$80,000

Showing up to 5 of 64 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Campaign Dir Bahar Tolou
Treasurer/Secre Beth Herz
Campaign Dir Bianca Cunningham
Co Exec Dir Bree Carlson
Dir Spec Proj Carrie Sloan
President Christina Livingston

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,966,200 31 grants
Education
$1,165,000 6 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$640,000 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$250,000 3 grants
Economic Development
$205,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $8.0M $4.2M $7.6M
2023 $5.9M $5.7M $3.9M
2022 $4.7M $6.3M $3.5M
2020 $5.7M $2.9M $4.7M
2019 $2.2M $1.9M $1.5M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $8.0M (+264%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.6M.

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