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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF NORTH AND NORTHWEST COOK COUNTY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,679,529
Total expenses
$1,997,588
Contributions and grants received
$1,972,061
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$72,868
Investment income
$21,508
Other revenue
$613,092
Total assets, end of year
$2,286,693
Total liabilities, end of year
$352,612
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,934,081
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,294,859
Management and general expenses
$403,961
Fundraising expenses
$298,768
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,294,859

Program services were 64.8% 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)

    $1,417,553

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $554,508

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,110

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $72,868 · related or exempt $72,868

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,508 · excluded $21,508

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $194,496

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $87,494

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $107,002 · excluded $107,002

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX

    total $506,090 · excluded $506,090

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $506,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,783 · program services $18,717 · management and general $106,066

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,113,838 · program services $884,028 · management and general $27,220 · fundraising $202,590

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $248,395 · program services $165,402 · management and general $45,358 · fundraising $37,635

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,851 · program services $2,836 · management and general $1,015

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,088 · management and general $68,088

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $134,872 · program services $20,178 · management and general $104,971 · fundraising $9,723

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,175 · program services $2,889 · management and general $271 · fundraising $10,015

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,071 · program services $79,001 · management and general $1,253 · fundraising $1,817

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,922 · program services $9,327 · management and general $1,356 · fundraising $3,239

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,756 · program services $21,575 · management and general $3,202 · fundraising $4,979

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,104 · program services $12,858 · management and general $5,279 · fundraising $2,967

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $43,332 · program services $27,323 · management and general $6,015 · fundraising $9,994

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICES

    total $21,995 · management and general $21,995

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $18,409 · program services $17,083 · management and general $1,326

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $16,998 · program services $10,341 · management and general $4,387 · fundraising $2,270

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $42,999 · program services $23,301 · management and general $6,159 · fundraising $13,539

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $245,186 · end of year $957,153

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $485,131 · end of year $355,276

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $322,734 · end of year $269,851

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,004 · end of year $18,542

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

    $443,530

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

    $188,194

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $164,948 · end of year $255,336

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $383,532 · end of year $430,535

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $114,646 · end of year $144,053

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $15,775

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $110,037 · end of year $192,784

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $921,503 · end of year $1,676,234

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $368,349 · end of year $257,847

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CAC'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO OVERCOME TRAUMA FROM PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH EMPATHETIC COLLABORATION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FROM THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW TO THE LAST THERAPY SESSION, CAC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLIENTS ARE BUILDING RESILIENCY IN ORDER TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO OVERCOME TRAUMA FROM PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH EMPATHETIC COLLABORATION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FROM THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW TO THE LAST THERAPY SESSION, CAC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLIENTS ARE BUILDING RESILIENCY IN ORDER TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

  • USES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, DCFS AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR CASE COORDINATION, FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, VICTIM ADVOCACY AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-17 WHO ARE VICTIMS OR WITNESSES TO VIOLENT CRIME AND THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS. OVER 400 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED AND A TOTAL OF 1,800 CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $647,405 · Revenue $72,868

  • PROVIDED EVIDENCE BASED TRAUMA THEARPY SERVICES TO CHLDREN 6-17 WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE OR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS STEMING FROM ABUSE OR OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $402,386

  • SPECIALIZED PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 0-5 AND THEIR NON OFFENDING CAREGIVER WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE; EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY.

    Expenses $245,068

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eduardo Cisneroes

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gretchen Peters

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Foreman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Saperstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Duffey

    CHAIR-FUND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Tucker

    CHAIR-BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roy Picciuca

    FORMER CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bonnie Mollison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Herb Horn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kurtis Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa McComb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Tomezsko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Damita Cravens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Lilly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patty Errera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Bensdorg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Pignotti

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $124,783
    From this org
    $124,783
    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
2024
Filed
16 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503509349301220

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