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← CIRCESTEEM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CIRCESTEEM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,098,351
Total expenses
$3,115,683
Contributions and grants received
$1,632,505
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$347,592
Investment income
$107,179
Other revenue
$11,075
Total assets, end of year
$13,105,726
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,144,205
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,961,521
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,427,580
Management and general expenses
$515,390
Fundraising expenses
$172,713
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,427,580

Program services were 77.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $997,371

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $635,134

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,761

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $329,778 · related or exempt $329,778

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE INCOME

    total $9,077 · related or exempt $9,077

  • 2c · Program service revenue: WORK STUDY PROGRAM

    total $8,737 · related or exempt $8,737

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $97,492 · excluded $97,492

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $881,825

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $872,138

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,687

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,687 · excluded $9,687

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $82,577

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $76,897

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,680 · excluded $5,680

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,395 · related or exempt $5,395

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,395

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $141,810 · program services $117,702 · management and general $15,599 · fundraising $8,509

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,378,051 · program services $1,143,782 · management and general $151,586 · fundraising $82,683

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $62,214 · program services $51,637 · management and general $6,844 · fundraising $3,733

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $93,533 · program services $77,632 · management and general $10,289 · fundraising $5,612

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,580 · program services $109,211 · management and general $14,474 · fundraising $7,895

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,383 · program services $19,168 · management and general $5,477 · fundraising $2,738

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $120,462 · program services $84,324 · management and general $24,092 · fundraising $12,046

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,864 · program services $21,605 · management and general $6,173 · fundraising $3,086

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,138 · program services $11,824 · fundraising $1,314

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,597 · program services $27,018 · management and general $7,719 · fundraising $3,860

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $48,960 · program services $31,824 · management and general $12,240 · fundraising $4,896

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $120,900 · program services $108,810 · management and general $6,045 · fundraising $6,045

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,489 · program services $29,489

  • 20 · Interest

    total $215,703 · management and general $215,703

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $461,650 · program services $415,485 · management and general $23,082 · fundraising $23,083

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $81,006 · program services $76,957 · management and general $4,049

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $48,078 · program services $28,847 · management and general $12,018 · fundraising $7,213

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $37,997 · program services $37,997

  • 24c · Other expenses: CIRCUS TEENS

    total $30,451 · program services $30,451

  • 24d · Other expenses: FIELD TRIPS AND EVENTS

    total $3,817 · program services $3,817

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,716 · end of year $221,936

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,193 · end of year $21,074

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $698,131 · end of year $275,714

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $788 · end of year $5,479

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $311,721 · end of year $61,134

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $10,995,543

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $866,934

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,400,920 · end of year $10,128,609

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,300,708 · end of year $2,391,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $139,799 · end of year $138,836

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $9,658 · end of year $5,369

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,000,000 · end of year $3,000,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,602,118 · end of year $8,082,584

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,999,602 · end of year $1,878,937

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO UNITE YOUTH ACROSS ALL BACKGROUNDS AND IDENTITIES BY FOSTERING SELF-ESTEEM AND MUTUAL RESPECT THROUGH THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF CIRCUS ARTS.

  • PROVIDES SOCIAL CIRCUS WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH FROM VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO IN ORDER TO BUILD SELF ESTEEM AND BUILD A DIVERSE AND UNITED COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, MENTORING, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS.

    Expenses $2,427,580 · Revenue $352,987

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alvin Boutte Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Rooney

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abraham Nalin Bhutt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Gagel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Gomberg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meredith George

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Steve Bynum

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jefferson Park

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maude Tremblay

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Blair

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Fighera

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Roberts

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,730
    From this org
    $141,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,920
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,810
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,640
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,280
    Filer's total
    $158,730

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641739349300114

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