Better Business Bureau Report for
Little City Foundation

Better Business Bureau Report issued June 2010
Better Business Bureau Report expires June 2012


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Little City Foundation
Address: 1760 W. Algonquin Road
  Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847-358-5510
Web Address: www.littlecity.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1957, Illinois
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: Little City engages and supports individuals, families and communities to ensure that children and adults with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities can realize their unique potential to live safely, learn continuously, explore creatively and work productively throughout their lifetimes.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Little City Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

For more than 50 years, Little City Foundation has developed innovative and personalized programs to fully assist and empower children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Little City offers a variety of residential options for children and adults, as well as vocational and employment opportunities. Programs and services include a special needs foster care and adoption program; in-home support to families raising a child with developmental disabilities; a full complement of recreational activities, including Special Olympics competition; a Resale Shop that provides employment for people with disabilities; and an award-winning Center for the Arts program that features visual, performance, media and fabric arts. The organization has a 56-acre campus in Palatine and offices in Chicago.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, Little City Foundation's program expenses were:

  
Program Services 19,308,660
Total Program Expenses: $19,308,660
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Shawn E. Jeffers, Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $206,884

Chair of the Board: Fred G. Lebed
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: CEO, Prairie Group Consulting Group, Inc.

Board Size: 33

Paid Staff Size: 520

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, telephone, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements
Fund raising costs were 33% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,475,441, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on Little City Foundation's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

Source of Funds  
State and local goverment grants and funding 18,867,959
Contributions 1,502,157
Legacies and bequest 1,185,231
HUD building rental revenue 870,031
Special Events 510,241
Other 277,812
Contract service revenue 220,919
Grant income 59,553
Gain on sale of assets 150
Decrease in value of beneficial interest in irrecocable trust -102,305
Investment Income -253,758
Total Income $23,137,990


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 12% 

Total income   $23,137,990
  Program expenses $19,308,660
  Fund raising expenses 1,144,972
  Administrative expenses 2,812,888
 
Total expenses   $23,266,520
Expenses in Excess of Income   (128,530)
Beginning net assets   4,260,676
Ending net assets   4,132,146
Total liabilities   11,207,444
Total assets   $15,339,590


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