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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALMOST HOME KIDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,901,133
Total expenses
$11,564,230
Contributions and grants received
$4,761,949
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,503,055
Management and general expenses
$1,384,714
Fundraising expenses
$676,461
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,503,055

Program services were 82.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah A Grisko RN

    Ex-Officio Director/President & Executive Director AHK

    Total calculated
    $353,593
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $297,845
    Other
    $55,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $241,744 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $54,469 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,632 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,795 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $42,953 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $353,593 related
  • Anju Jain

    Director Begin 10/19/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bregan Anne Herrold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $402,417
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $370,034
    Other
    $32,383
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $305,869 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $62,909 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,256 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,629 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,754 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $402,417 related
  • Carley Diedrich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Schenkenberg

    Director & Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek S Wheeler MD

    Director Begin 12/12/23

    Total calculated
    $1,049,589
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $864,411
    Other
    $185,178
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $612,529 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $251,100 related
    Other
    $0 + $782 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $156,087 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,091 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,049,589 related
  • Jen Horsley

    Director Through 12/14/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jigna Patel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua J Prangley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Olson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin A Koehler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Mullarkey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Baker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle M Stephenson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $653,056
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $641,014
    Other
    $12,042
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $641,014 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,042 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $653,056 related
  • Patricia Bellock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Praveen Adhi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Barrett Singleton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Danko

    Director & Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Thomas P Shanley MD

    Ex-Officio Director/President & CEO LCH

    Total calculated
    $2,532,881
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,901,209
    Other
    $631,672
    Hours/week
    1 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,161,265 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $573,513 related
    Other
    $0 + $166,431 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $596,393 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,279 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,532,881 related
  • Yonhee Gordon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex P Miller

    SVP, Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $744,798
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $701,490
    Other
    $43,308
    Hours/week
    1 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $480,682 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $220,304 related
    Other
    $0 + $504 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,808 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $744,798 related
  • Fatema Zanzi

    EVP, Chief Admin & Legal Officer, Corp Sec (begin 01/09/24)

    Total calculated
    $875,842
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $726,640
    Other
    $149,202
    Hours/week
    1 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $512,206 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $213,651 related
    Other
    $0 + $783 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $145,228 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,974 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $875,842 related

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 — 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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
PURSUANT TO THE BYLAWS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER ("MEDICAL CENTER"), THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING AND APPROVING SENIOR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THE COMPENSATION FOR ANY PHYSICIAN WHO MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY WHICH IT FOLLOWS WHEN IT REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT. THE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY IS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR CONTINUED APPROPRIATENESS IN THE CURRENT MARKET. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS AND INFORMATION FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES (SPECIFIED ON SCHEDULE J), THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CONFIRMED THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO BE PAID TO IDENTIFIED EXECUTIVES AND PHYSICIANS WERE REASONABLE AND COMPARABLE TO AMOUNTS PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS IN FUNCTIONALLY SIMILAR POSITIONS. LEGAL COUNSEL PERIODICALLY ADVISES THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL TAX REQUIREMENTS IN SETTING COMPENSATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE "REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS" UNDER THE FEDERAL TAX LAW INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES. THE PROCESS FOLLOWED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA RELIED UPON AND THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE'S DECISIONS, WAS THOROUGHLY AND CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE HAS EXPRESSLY REVIEWED THE REASONABLENESS OF COMPENSATION PAID TO IDENTIFIED EXECUTIVES AND PHYSICIANS, AND HAS CONCLUDED, AS THE RESULT OF A PROCESS THAT IS DESIGNED TO QUALIFY FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS, THAT ALL SUCH AMOUNTS ARE REASONABLE AND DO NOT EXCEED FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DISINTERESTED (WHICH MEANS NO COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST) FOR THESE PURPOSES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CONDUCTS AN ONGOING, REGULAR REVIEW OF THE DISINTERESTED STATUS OF ITS MEMBERS, AND WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANYONE HAVING AN INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO ONE OR MORE EXECUTIVES SO AS TO PRESERVE THE DISINTERESTED STATUS OF THE COMMITTEE AND, AS A RESULT, THE APPLICATION OF THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
MICHELLE M. STEPHENSON RECEIVED A PAYMENT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR PURSUANT TO A CONFIDENTIAL AGREEMENT. THE PAYMENT IS INCLUDED IN PART VII, COLUMN D AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
LURIE CHILDREN'S MAINTAINS A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN ("DC SERP"), WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 1, 2017 AND IS A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS, WHO ARE NOT PARTICIPANTS IN THE DB SERP. THE BENEFITS IN THE DC SERP ARE IN THE FORM OF A FIXED ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION RATE AND AN EARNINGS CREDIT. EACH YEAR'S CONTRIBUTION AND EARNINGS ARE AT RISK AND WILL BECOME FULLY VESTED AND TAXABLE ONLY AFTER FIVE YEARS OF FUTURE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, OR UPON REACHING AGE 62 WITH AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF SERVICE. SEVERAL LISTED PERSONS IN THIS FORM 990 PARTICIPATE IN THE DC SERP, AND THE UNVESTED CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FOR THEM ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C). THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED IN THE DC SERP AND RECEIVED A VESTED PAYMENT DURING 2023 WHICH IS REPORTED IN COLUMN B (III): THOMAS P. SHANLEY, MD $162,149 CEO DEFERRED COMPENSATION LISTED INDIVIDUAL THOMAS SHANLEY MD IS THE SOLE PARTICIPANT IN AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT ARRANGEMENT THAT BEGAN IN 2021. HE IS ELIGIBLE TO EARN A BENEFIT THAT WILL NOT BECOME VESTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. A PRORATED PORTION OF THE BENEFIT (REPRESENTING THE PORTION EARNED IN 2023) IS REPORTED IN COLUMN (C) AS UNVESTED DEFERRED COMPENSATION, AND WILL BE REPORTED AGAIN AS COMPENSATION IF AND WHEN THE FULL BENEFIT BECOMES VESTED AND IS SUBJECT TO TAX. THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER BOARD, WHOSE DILIGENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS IS DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE IN THESE NARRATIVES, HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED DR. SHANLEY'S TOTAL COMPENSATION IN A MANNER THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS UNDER THE FEDERAL TAX LAW INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES, AND AS PART OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE BENEFIT BEING EARNED UNDER THIS ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENT.
Schedule J, Part II RELATED COMPENSATION
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT COMPENSATED BY THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR HIS OR HER SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR OR OFFICER. RATHER, THE COMPENSATION REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VII AND ON SCHEDULE J, PART II REFLECTS COMPENSATION PAID BY ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO ("LURIE CHILDREN'S") FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S SUBSTANTIAL AND FULL-TIME SERVICES AS AN EMPLOYEE. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO THE 2023 FORM 990 OF LURIE CHILDREN'S, FEIN 36-2170833. ALEX P. MILLER BRENDA DAVIS DEBORAH A. GRISKO, RN FATEMA ZANZI MICHELLE M. STEPHENSON THOMAS P. SHANLEY, MD THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS NOT COMPENSATED BY THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR HIS OR HER SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR OR OFFICER. RATHER, THE COMPENSATION REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VII AND ON SCHEDULE J, PART II REFLECTS COMPENSATION PAID BY PEDIATRIC FACULTY FOUNDATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S SUBSTANTIAL AND FULL-TIME SERVICES AS AN EMPLOYEE. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO THE 2023 FORM 990 OF PEDIATRIC FACULTY FOUNDATION, FEIN 36-3279680. DEREK S. WHEELER, MD

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541919349302009

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