Totals
- Total revenue
- $292,708
- Total expenses
- $314,960
- Contributions and grants received
- $290,510
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $2,198
- Total assets, end of year
- $129,551
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $129,551
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $170,930
- Management and general expenses
- $88,610
- Fundraising expenses
- $55,420
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $170,930
Program services were 54.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$290,510
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $2,198 · related or exempt $2,198
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,198
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $129,168 · program services $49,852 · management and general $48,173 · fundraising $31,143
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $59,859 · program services $23,103 · management and general $22,324 · fundraising $14,432
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,484 · program services $5,976 · management and general $5,775 · fundraising $3,733
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $15,658 · program services $6,043 · management and general $5,840 · fundraising $3,775
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,464 · management and general $1,464
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11g · Fees: other
total $5,575 · program services $3,494 · management and general $1,531 · fundraising $550
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,023 · program services $723 · fundraising $300
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14 · Information technology
total $5,948 · program services $2,974 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $1,487
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17 · Travel
total $879 · program services $879
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23 · Insurance
total $2,016 · management and general $2,016
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM STIPENDS
total $39,480 · program services $39,480
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24b · Other expenses: EVENT FOOD AND BEVERAGE
total $38,406 · program services $38,406
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $151,986 · end of year $129,551
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $183 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $151,803 · end of year $87,051
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $42,500
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE VENTURE CAPITAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM.
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THE CHICAGO:BLEND VENTURE FELLOWSHIP IS A FOUR-MONTH, PEER LEARNING COHORT PROGRAM THAT PREPARES HIGH-POTENTIAL, ASPIRING VENTURE CAPITALISTS FOR CAREERS IN VC, CULMINATING IN BLEND:TALKS, WHERE GRADUATING FELLOWS PROVIDE INSIGHTS ABOUT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND VENTURE CAPITAL TRENDS TO A LIVE AUDIENCE OF INVESTORS.
Expenses $119,651
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DATA: CHICAGO:BLEND PRODUCES DATA REPORTS ON CHICAGO-BASED VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS WHICH SHOWS DIVERSITY METRICS BY GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY.
Expenses $34,186
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COMMUNITY EVENTS: EVENTS HIGHLIGHT GRADUATES OF CHICAGO:BLENDS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND ALLOWS THEM TO SHARE THOUGHT-PROVOKING INSIGHTS ON THE LATEST TRENDS IMPACTING VENTURE CAPITAL.
Expenses $17,093
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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LINDSAY KNIGHT
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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GALE WILKINSON
VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JACKIE DIMONTE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DEVON LEICHTMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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SAMIR MIRZA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ELLE RAMEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JASON MERCER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JONATHAN ELLIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
TESSA FLIPPIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JOSEPH MAK
CEO
- Total calculated
- $137,081
- From this org
- $129,168
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,913
- 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
- 1 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543089349301774
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