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AMERICANS AGAINST LANGUAGE BARRIERS

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $598K · expenses $439K · assets $538K

EIN
83-3016421
Address
1 E ERIE ST STE 525, CHICAGO, IL 60611-2980
Website
www.AALB.org
NTEE code
R20
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2020
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Mission

To ensure that individuals with Limited English proficiency and Deaf individuals are not limited in their quality of life by addressing linguistic and communication barriers to access essential services.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Kevin Thakkar Board Director and Executive Director2021-2024 $97,474$238,316 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Hetvi Patel Board Director2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Kaveri Shah Board Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $97K · 0 employees · 31 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kevin Thakkar Board Director and Executive Director70 $97,474$0$0 $97,4741
Hetvi Patel Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Kaveri Shah Board Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $75K · 0 employees · 22 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kevin Thakkar Board Director and Executive Director60 $74,865$0$0 $74,8651
Hetvi Patel Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Kaveri Shah Board Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $44K · 0 employees · 14 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kevin Thakkar Board Director and Executive Director60 $43,625$0$0 $43,6251
Hetvi Patel Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Kaveri Shah Board Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $22K · 0 employees · 8 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kevin Thakkar Board Director and Executive Director60 $22,352$0$0 $22,3521
Hetvi Patel Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Kaveri Shah Board Director1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$598,146$438,779 $537,926$503,389 $264$581,645 $90,017031
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$654,391$483,333 $381,669$344,022 $1,259$648,884 $69,137022
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$460,883$358,875 $172,964$172,964 $888$459,995 $40,287014
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$315,084$255,228 $70,956$70,956 $470$314,614 $22,35208

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $21 in all, tax years 2021 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “AMERICANS AGAINST LANGUAGE BARRIERS” 2021-2023 3$21 2023$11
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2024 · Form 990 · $438,779 spent · pay $90,017 · grants $0 · events $16,027
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $169,640$163,065$6,575- 38.7%
Advertising and promotion $99,600$99,600-- 22.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $90,017$81,016$9,001- 20.5%
Other (as described)Transaction Fees (PayPal and Stripe) $16,503$16,503$0$0 3.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $16,027$9,138$6,889- 3.7%
Information technology $14,903$14,686$217- 3.4%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $14,780$10,032$4,748- 3.4%
Travel $13,101$8,924$4,177- 3.0%
Office expenses $4,208-$4,208- 1.0%
Total$438,779100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $483,333 spent · pay $69,137 · grants $0 · events $24,152
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $178,218$161,018$17,200$0 36.9%
Advertising and promotion $144,124$143,809$315$0 29.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $69,137$64,404$4,733$0 14.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $24,152$22,973$1,179$0 5.0%
Other (as described)Transaction Fees (PayPal, Stripe, GiveButter) $16,607$16,607$0$0 3.4%
Information technology $16,176$15,831$345$0 3.3%
Travel $7,844$6,692$1,152$0 1.6%
Other (as described)Consultant Fees $7,800$7,800$0$0 1.6%
Other (as described)Chargebacks $6,861$6,861$0$0 1.4%
Office expenses $5,521$3,231$2,290$0 1.1%
Occupancy $3,459$0$3,459$0 0.7%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous Expenses $3,434$2,306$1,128$0 0.7%
Total$483,333100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $358,875 spent · pay $40,287 · grants $0 · events $6,851
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Advertising and promotion $144,671$144,671$0$0 40.3%
Fees: other services $122,549$114,359$8,190$0 34.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $40,287$36,258$4,029$0 11.2%
Travel $14,886$13,635$1,251$0 4.1%
Other (as described)Transaction Fees (PayPal, Stripe, Givebutter) $12,134$12,134$0$0 3.4%
Information technology $10,376$10,019$357$0 2.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $6,851$4,941$1,910$0 1.9%
Office expenses $3,342$2,812$530$0 0.9%
Other (as described)Chargebacks $2,376$2,376$0$0 0.7%
Other (as described)Training Accreditation Fees $1,015$1,015$0$0 0.3%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous Expenses $388$176$212$0 0.1%
Total$358,875100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $255,228 spent · pay $22,352 · grants $0 · events $343
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $141,545$136,029$5,516$0 55.5%
Advertising and promotion $68,818$68,818$0$0 27.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $22,352$19,032$3,320$0 8.8%
Other (as described)Transaction Fees (PayPal, Stripe, Givebutter) $10,605$10,605$0$0 4.2%
Information technology $7,842$6,342$1,500$0 3.1%
Office expenses $3,063$3,036$27$0 1.2%
Travel $385$383$2$0 0.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $343$188$155$0 0.1%
Other (as described)Chargebacks $275$275$0$0 0.1%
Total$255,228100%

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