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
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Thakkar | Board Director and Executive Director | 2021-2024 | $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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetvi Patel | Board Director | 2021-2024 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kaveri Shah | Board Director | 2021-2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $97K · 0 employees · 31 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Thakkar | Board Director and Executive Director | 70 | $97,474 | $0 | $0 | $97,474 | 1 |
| Hetvi Patel | Board Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kaveri Shah | Board Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $75K · 0 employees · 22 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Thakkar | Board Director and Executive Director | 60 | $74,865 | $0 | $0 | $74,865 | 1 |
| Hetvi Patel | Board Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kaveri Shah | Board Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2022 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $44K · 0 employees · 14 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Thakkar | Board Director and Executive Director | 60 | $43,625 | $0 | $0 | $43,625 | 1 |
| Hetvi Patel | Board Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kaveri Shah | Board Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2021 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $22K · 0 employees · 8 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Thakkar | Board Director and Executive Director | 60 | $22,352 | $0 | $0 | $22,352 | 1 |
| Hetvi Patel | Board Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kaveri Shah | Board Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $598,146 | $438,779 | $537,926 | $503,389 | $264 | $581,645 | $90,017 | 0 | 31 |
| 2023 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $654,391 | $483,333 | $381,669 | $344,022 | $1,259 | $648,884 | $69,137 | 0 | 22 |
| 2022 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $460,883 | $358,875 | $172,964 | $172,964 | $888 | $459,995 | $40,287 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $315,084 | $255,228 | $70,956 | $70,956 | $470 | $314,614 | $22,352 | 0 | 8 |
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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “AMERICANS AGAINST LANGUAGE BARRIERS” | 2021-2023 | 3 | $21 | 2023 | $11 | show |
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2024 · Form 990 · $438,779 spent · pay $90,017 · grants $0 · events $16,027
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $438,779 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990 · $483,333 spent · pay $69,137 · grants $0 · events $24,152
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $483,333 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990 · $358,875 spent · pay $40,287 · grants $0 · events $6,851
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $358,875 | 100% |
2021 · Form 990 · $255,228 spent · pay $22,352 · grants $0 · events $343
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $255,228 | 100% |