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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CARE FOR REAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,140,133
Total expenses
$6,698,779
Contributions and grants received
$9,097,720
Grants paid
$5,318,904
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$42,413
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,618,298
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,836,254
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,782,044
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,238,570
Management and general expenses
$199,057
Fundraising expenses
$261,152
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,238,570

Program services were 93.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,097,720

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,364,665

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,413 · excluded $42,413

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,318,904 · program services $5,318,904

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $117,846 · program services $92,276 · management and general $5,110 · fundraising $20,460

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $604,989 · program services $473,718 · management and general $26,235 · fundraising $105,036

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $136,702 · program services $71,403 · management and general $65,274 · fundraising $25

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $203,841 · program services $9,916 · management and general $76,200 · fundraising $117,725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,859 · program services $24,177 · management and general $10,638 · fundraising $13,044

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,765 · program services $128,633 · management and general $3,400 · fundraising $2,732

  • 20 · Interest

    total $41,572 · program services $41,572

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,505 · program services $13,345 · management and general $725 · fundraising $435

  • 24a · Other expenses: VEHICLE

    total $40,420 · program services $40,420

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $18,854 · program services $6,165 · management and general $11,420 · fundraising $1,269

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $13,267 · program services $13,267

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $5,255 · program services $4,774 · management and general $55 · fundraising $426

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,741,308 · end of year $956,186

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500,089 · end of year $1,799,208

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $75,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,395,543

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $83,797 · end of year $129,560

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,742 · end of year $5,682

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

    $2,519,619

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

    $284,541

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,213 · end of year $2,235,078

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,912 · end of year $22,041

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,371 · end of year $173,526

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,662,728

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,173,897 · end of year $2,796,562

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $166,793 · end of year $1,985,482

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO FOSTER A HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY BY HELPING VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS OVERCOME FOOD INSECURITY WITH DIGNITY. WITH LOCATIONS IN EDGEWATER AND ROGERS PARK, CFR PROVIDES FOOD, CLOTHING, PET FOOD, REFERRAL, AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH COMPASSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HELP VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS OF EDGEWATER, ANDERSONVILLE, ROGERS PARK, UPTOWN, BOWMANVILLE, AND WEST RIDGE OVERCOME DIFFICULT TIMES BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, REFERRAL, AND OTHER SERVICES.

  • FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM - THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE HUNGER RELIEF TO ALL WHO NEED; IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE OUR CLIENTS; CLIENTS SAVE MONEY ON FOOD SO THEY CAN AFFORD HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING (AND AVOID HOMELESSNESS). CLIENTS MAY COME ONCE A WEEK FOR FOODS SUCH AS MEAT, EGGS, DAIRY, BEANS, RICE, FRESH PRODUCE, AND BAKED GOODS. FOOD IS DONATED BY OUR RETAIL PARTNERS AND PICKED UP BY OUR 3 HUNGER RELIEF VANS AND BY THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY.

    Expenses $5,770,130 · Grants $4,925,554

  • CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - LIKE THE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM, THE CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM HELPS OUR LOW-INCOME, VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS SAVE MONEY ON CLOTHES SO THEY CAN AFFORD HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING. SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE, NEW AND GENTLY USED DONATED CLOTHING IS COLLECTED FROM RETAILERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDED FREE TO OUR CLIENTS. DONATED PERSONAL CARE ITEMS ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY LIVING ARE ALSO COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED.

    Expenses $436,872 · Grants $372,972

  • PET PANTRY - THE PET PANTRY PROVIDES FREE PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO CLIENTS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES AND FEEDING THIER PETS (OR GIVING UP THEIR PETS TO A SHELTER). DONATED PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES ARE COLLECTED FROM LOCAL RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, VETERINARIANS, AND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $31,568 · Grants $20,378

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Blair Harvey

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Don Cortelyou

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gee Hoon Lim

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Larry Svabek

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kellie Braband

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Dinges

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nassir Faulkner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alton Lynum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Massey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julian Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • The Rev Jim Nixon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Neda Nozari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nelson Rosario

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Gross

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,846
    From this org
    $117,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530159349303108

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