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Filing year 2024

RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 46-1322847·NTEE Z99 · Unknown·3
Total revenue
$1.7M
Total assets
$160k
Total expenses
$1.7M
Reported officers
4
Mission

SEE SCHEDULE 0THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO INSPIRE THE LIVES OF CHILDRESN, EMPOWER THEM TO ASK "WHY NOT AND TEACH THEM TO NEVER GIVE UP. THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO HELP CHILDREN THAT ARE FACING HARDSHIPS OF ANY KIND AND WHEN FACED WITH THAT ADVERSITY FIGHT TO SUCCEED AND TO NEVER GIVE UP. THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION AND FAMILY SERVICE PROGRAMS WHILE ENCOURAGING YOUTH TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 3 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in organizationPage.redesign.benchmarkBuilder.ntee.Z

Down 4%
from 2023

From $120k in 2023 to $115k in 2024.

$120k
2023
$115k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 7% in real terms$133k to $124k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$905k
$1M
2023
$1.7M
$1.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What organizationPage.redesign.benchmarkBuilder.ntee.Z executives earn

Comparable organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $68,938.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$68,938
75th percentile
$137k
90th percentile
$262k

These are organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 499 organizations across 499 filings (2021 – 2023).

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