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← 826CHI INC NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by 826CHI INC NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$672,271
Total expenses
$470,213
Contributions and grants received
$627,753
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$44,518
Total assets, end of year
$441,866
Total liabilities, end of year
$136,317
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$305,549
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$368,619
Management and general expenses
$52,743
Fundraising expenses
$48,851
Program service expenses (Part III)
$368,619

Program services were 78.4% 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

    $627,753

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $27

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $51,955

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,326

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $39,629 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $39,629

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,552

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $554

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $998 · related or exempt $998

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $3,891 · related or exempt $3,891 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,891

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,974 · program services $75,238 · management and general $10,765 · fundraising $9,971

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $149,450 · program services $117,160 · management and general $16,763 · fundraising $15,527

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,816 · program services $22,590 · management and general $3,232 · fundraising $2,994

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,493 · program services $15,282 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $2,025

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,900 · program services $14,033 · management and general $2,008 · fundraising $1,859

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $97,888 · program services $76,738 · management and general $10,980 · fundraising $10,170

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,348 · program services $2,624 · management and general $376 · fundraising $348

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,357 · program services $10,471 · management and general $1,498 · fundraising $1,388

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,523 · program services $2,762 · management and general $395 · fundraising $366

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,227 · program services $3,314 · management and general $474 · fundraising $439

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $713 · program services $559 · management and general $80 · fundraising $74

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,546 · program services $11,403 · management and general $1,632 · fundraising $1,511

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,192 · program services $7,990 · management and general $1,143 · fundraising $1,059

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $4,170 · program services $3,269 · management and general $468 · fundraising $433

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $2,628 · program services $2,060 · management and general $295 · fundraising $273

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $97 · program services $76 · management and general $11 · fundraising $10

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $852 · program services $668 · management and general $96 · fundraising $88

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,039 · program services $2,382 · management and general $341 · fundraising $316

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $48,829 · end of year $145,245

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $230,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,120 · end of year $14,120

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

    $267,489

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

    $230,747

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $51,288 · end of year $36,742

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,759 · end of year $15,759

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,116 · end of year $46,927

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $19,389 · end of year $19,390

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $70,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $103,491 · end of year $305,549

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT STUDENTS AGES 6 TO 18 WITH THEIR CREATIVE AND EXPOSITORY WRITING SKILLS, AND TO HELP TEACHERS INSPIRE THEIR STUDENTS TO WRITE.

  • AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS: FOUR DAYS A WEEK, CARING AND SUPPORTIVE VOLUNTEERS OFFER INDIVIDUALIZED HOMEWORK HELP TO FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS. STUDENTS ALSO SHARPEN THEIR WRITING SKILLS WITH A DAILY CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY. EACH SEMESTER, THEIR WRITING IS PUBLISHED IN A CHAPBOOK AND CELEBRATED BY THE 826CHI COMMUNITY.FIELD TRIPS:ON WEEKDAY MORNINGS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE INVITE CLASSROOMS TO OUR WRITING LAB FOR CREATIVE WRITING EXPERIENCES. FIELD TRIPS ARE TUITION-FREE, OFFERED TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES IN GRADES ONE THROUGH TWELVE, AND FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF WRITING SKILLS. EACH OF OUR SIX DIFFERENT FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCES IS DESIGNED TO BE PROJECTBASED, COLLABORATIVE, PLAYFUL, EMPOWERING, IMAGINATIVE, AND TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE VOICES.

    Expenses $368,619

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JENNIFER STEELE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,570
    From this org
    $21,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $21,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $21,570

  • JESSICA MLINARIC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KEVIN BOEHM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHRIS EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MYRIHA BURCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AISHA LEVERETT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LARRY GRIFFIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARISA WALSTER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • VYSHAEY MITCHELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CELIA WICKHAM

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,404
    From this org
    $74,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $74,404
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $74,404

  • ELLEN BELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL POLLACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601279349301515

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