Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,578,432
- Total expenses
- $3,489,361
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,550,157
- Grants paid
- $209,730
- Program service revenue
- -$33,295
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $61,570
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,458,684
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $109,957
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,348,727
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,043,878
- Management and general expenses
- $906,816
- Fundraising expenses
- $538,667
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,043,878
Program services were 58.6% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$124,868
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,425,289
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$279,538
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2a · Program service revenue: Apparel Sales
total -$33,295 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$124,868
-
11a · Other revenue: Other income
total $61,570 · related or exempt $61,570 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$61,570
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $209,730 · program services $209,730
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,440,746 · program services $615,590 · management and general $603,746 · fundraising $221,410
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $176,846 · program services $93,576 · management and general $56,425 · fundraising $26,845
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $114,464 · program services $82,312 · management and general $1,032 · fundraising $31,120
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $63,554 · program services $15,478 · management and general $4,476 · fundraising $43,600
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,836 · program services $307 · management and general $3,870 · fundraising $4,659
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16 · Occupancy
total $77,172 · program services $46,072 · management and general $17,100 · fundraising $14,000
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17 · Travel
total $62,531 · program services $54,746 · management and general $6,940 · fundraising $845
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $50,172 · program services $402 · management and general $8,993 · fundraising $40,777
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $31,024 · program services $26,128 · management and general $4,457 · fundraising $439
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23 · Insurance
total $19,599 · program services $5,085 · management and general $14,122 · fundraising $392
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24a · Other expenses: Apparel employee
total $1,056 · program services $0 · management and general $1,056 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Videography and photography
total $76,459 · program services $76,459 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Contributions
total $14,245 · program services $382 · management and general $842 · fundraising $13,021
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24d · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $1,143 · program services $0 · management and general $22 · fundraising $1,121
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,141,784 · program services $817,611 · management and general $183,735 · fundraising $140,438
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,598,530 · end of year $3,510,144
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,016,545 · end of year $3,243,780
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $91,637 · end of year $162,137
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $24,127 · end of year $26,674
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $360,668 · end of year $422,037
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $84,683 · end of year $54,875
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$172,341
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$138,304
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $64,484 · end of year $34,037
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $114,209 · end of year $109,600
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $2,027 · end of year $77
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $162 · end of year $280
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $7,455,532 · end of year $6,618,616
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $673,744 · end of year $730,111
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To inspire youth, empower communities and build a better world one block at a time.
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Community Development - promotes community service and advocacy within the 77 neighborhoods in Chicago with a grassroots approach. Some of the initiatives include: training and sponsoring 25 block clubs including new signage; Senior snow shoveling with volunteers; Be a Part of the Light - providing holiday decorations.
Expenses $1,087,667 · Grants $161,730
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Youth Development Explorers Program takes teenagers from schools in low social economic status neighborhoods on educational explorations. They receive a firsthand glimpse into different cultures and careers, people and businesses. Scholarships for youth attending secondary education, youth led walks where youth led community walks within their community.
Expenses $956,211 · Grants $48,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Jahmal Cole
Chief Executive Officer
- Total calculated
- $238,674
- From this org
- $238,674
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $238,674
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,945
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $248,619
-
Brandon Kowalski
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $171,067
- From this org
- $171,067
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $171,067
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $171,067
-
Will Hobert
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tonya Hooks
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tiffany Falls Wartman
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Elizabeth Krebs
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Andrew Buchanan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rickey Harris
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ray Legler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Stephen Gilbert
Director of Youth and Community Development
- Total calculated
- $116,493
- From this org
- $116,493
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Nathaniel Viets-VanLear
Director of Engagement and Outreach
- Total calculated
- $110,143
- From this org
- $110,143
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Renee Walker
Director of Human Resources
- Total calculated
- $100,253
- From this org
- $100,253
- 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. 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
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
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Gifted Hands Hair Creations LLC
$7,500
Community Help Grant
-
Life Through A Lens
$6,200
Block Club Grant
-
$6,000
Block Club Grant
-
Absolute Athletics
$6,000
Block Club Grant
-
600 Block of Drake Ave Block Club Party
$5,800
Block Club Grant
-
$5,800
Block Club Grant
-
Block Club Grant
-
$5,600
Block Club Grant
-
1000-1100 N Monticello Block Club
$5,600
Block Club Grant
-
6500-6559 S Mozart Community Block Club
$5,600
Block Club Grant
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 7 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202502979349301145
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