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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,203,873
Total expenses
$3,642,513
Contributions and grants received
$3,199,048
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,560
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,265
Total assets, end of year
$2,042,067
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,103,500
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$61,433
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,569,310
Management and general expenses
$1,073,203
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,569,310

Program services were 70.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,111,780

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $87,268

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Student Activity Fees

    total $3,560 · related or exempt $3,560 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,265 · related or exempt $1,265 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,265

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $38,000 · program services $0 · management and general $38,000 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,215,589 · program services $1,119,176 · management and general $96,413 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $266,726 · program services $204,196 · management and general $62,530 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,643 · program services $112,361 · management and general $10,282 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $473,432 · program services $0 · management and general $473,432 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,024 · program services $0 · management and general $17,024 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,570 · program services $0 · management and general $83,570 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,040 · program services $26,040 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $46,611 · program services $0 · management and general $46,611 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $237,990 · program services $0 · management and general $237,990 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Repair Maintence and Security

    total $360,345 · program services $360,345 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Student Support Services

    total $747,192 · program services $747,192 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expense

    total $7,351 · program services $0 · management and general $7,351 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $221,029 · end of year $21,330

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $343,667 · end of year $149,430

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $56,343

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

    $2,441,512

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

    $626,548

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,999,373 · end of year $1,814,964

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $240,250 · end of year $354,083

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $311,866 · end of year $295,485

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $59,504 · end of year $34,589

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,575,242 · end of year $1,419,343

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $377,207 · end of year -$61,433

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Community Youth Development Institute (CYDI) provides alternative schooling for at-risk teenagers through grants and contracts with Youth Connection Charter School, Alternative School Network, the City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

  • Community Youth Development Institute High School (CYDI) offers work based learning for all students and a unique opportunity to learn and earn money while enrolled at CYDI. Students have multiple opportunities to receive employment during the summer as well as academic year and training with curriculum job readiness. The program is designed to improve options for CYDI students, to better prepare them for college and career, and to provide work-based learning experiences to all our studentsThis program is a critical component of helping our youth access local career fields with relatively low barriers for entry and the opportunities to make money faster.

    Expenses $2,569,310 · Revenue $2,838,762

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron L Royster Jr

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $112,218
    From this org
    $112,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mable Royster

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $38,000
    From this org
    $38,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Miller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mildred Parker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Arnond Pulliam

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533529349300708

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