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8100 S HERMITAGE AVE
Chicago IL 60620-4521
Chicago IL | IRS ruling year: 2002 | EIN: 36-4241937
PROVIDING INTERIM HOUSING FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SOCIAL SERVICES, HOMELESS SERVICES, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND HOUSING IN CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOR THE HOMELESS, POOR ... (More)
PROVIDING INTERIM HOUSING FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SOCIAL SERVICES, HOMELESS SERVICES, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND HOUSING IN CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOR THE HOMELESS, POOR AND DISADVANTAGED. (Less)
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You Can Make It cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology because they have e-filed less than three full IRS Form 990s in the past six fiscal years
We recognize that organizations may skip e-filing on certain years, while otherwise meeting our methodology. However, we do not believe it appropriate to rate an organization based on this limited amount of data.
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This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2018
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (You Can Make It) or EIN (364241937) in the 'Search Term' field.
You Can Make It has earned a 100% for the Impact & Results beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
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Program
Interim House for Women and Children
Activities
You Can Make It provides people experiencing homelessness with a temporary place to stay.
Program Type
Emergency Shelter
Beneficiaries Served
People experiencing homelessness;Families
Program Geography
Chicago, IL
Time Period of Data
1/1/2017 to 12/31/2017
Outcomes: Changes in the lives of those served by a nonprofit. They can be caused by the nonprofit.
Costs: The money spent by a nonprofit and its partners and beneficiaries.
Impact: Outcome caused by a nonprofit relative to its cost.
Cost-effectiveness: A judgment as to whether the cost was a good use of resources to cause the outcome.
Outcome Metric
A night of shelter for a person experiencing homelessness
Outcome Data Source
Ratings are based on data the nonprofit itself collects on its work. We use the most recent year with sufficient data. Typically, this data allows us to calculate direct changes in participants' lives, such as increased income.
Method for Attributing Outcomes
We don't know if the observed changes were caused by the nonprofit's program or something else happening at the same time (e.g., a participant got a raise). To determine causation, we take the outcomes we observe and subtract an estimate of the outcomes that would have happened even without the program (i.e., counterfactual outcomes).
We assume that the provision of shelter by one nonprofit does not diminish the provision of shelter by any other (neighboring) nonprofit. We also assume there is, in general, no slack capacity in the homeless shelter system. In the absence of a given shelter, beneficiaries would not be able to stay at another shelter because other shelters are assumed to have no beds to spare. We therefore set the counterfactual to zero.
Cost Data Source
After estimating the program's outcomes, we need to determine how much it cost to achieve those outcomes. All monetary costs are counted, whether they are borne by a nonprofit service deliverer or by the nonprofit’s public and private partners.
Cost Calculation
$364,446 program costs + $0 partner costs + $0 beneficiary costs = $364,446 total costs
We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.
Impact Calculation
$364,446 total costs / 38,778 nights of shelter provided = roughly $9 provides a night of shelter to a person experiencing homelessness.
Benchmark for Rating
Impact & Results scores of emergency shelters are based on the cost of providing a night of shelter relative to the Fair Market Rent in that county. Programs receive an Impact & Results score of 100 if they are less than 200% the Fair Market Rent and a score of 80 if they are less than 400%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 65.
Determination
Highly cost-effective
You Can Make It reported its largest program on its FY 2018 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
INTERIM HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN & MENS SHELTER - THE THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE SHELTER CARE, HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICE TO ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED HOMELESS MEN, WOME AND CHILDREN. A ... (More)
INTERIM HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN & MENS SHELTER - THE THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE SHELTER CARE, HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICE TO ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED HOMELESS MEN, WOME AND CHILDREN. ALL PROGRAM SERVICES ARE FREE TO THE HOMELESS WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM PUBLIC SUPPORT TO COVER COSTS. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON NEGLECTED OR ECONOMICALLY-DEPRIVED HOMELESS AND DRUG ABUSERS. IT PROVIDES FOOD, CLOTHES AND HOUSING TO THE HOMELESS.IN 2018 THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED TWO LOCATIONS FOR ITS 120-BED INTERIM HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES. THE 5052 S LAFLIN ST SITE PROVIDED TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE FATHERS WITH CHILDREN AND THE 5200 S MORGAN ST SITE PROVIDED HOUSING FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. A TOTAL OF 160 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN THESE TWO FACILITIES OVER THE COURSE OF 2018. ALL THE FAMILIES WERE SETTLED IN PERMANENT OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. (Less)
You Can Make It cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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You Can Make It cannot currently be evaluated by our Leadership & Adaptability methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes.
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