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Filing year 2023

The Cradle Foundation

Evanston, Illinois·EIN 45-0506764·NTEE P113 · Human Services·3
Total revenue
$2.9M
Total assets
$13.8M
Total expenses
$5.3M
Reported officers
6
Mission

THE CRADLE FOUNDATIONS MISSION IS TO RAISE AND MANAGE FUNDS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE CRADLES ADOPTION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

VP Development
vice president
$23k
$25k
$7k
$8k

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 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Human Services

Down 82%
from 2022

From $128k in 2022 to $23k in 2023.

$128k
2022
$23k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 83% in real terms$147k to $25k

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

The Cradle Foundation reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$4.7M
$4.2M
2022
$2.9M
$5.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Human Services executives earn in Illinois

Comparable human services organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $82,960.

25th percentile
$33k
Median
$82,960
75th percentile
$165k
90th percentile
$258k

These are human services sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 274 organizations across 274 filings (2021 – 2023).

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