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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOCIALWORKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$338,436
Total expenses
$370,318
Contributions and grants received
$335,153
Grants paid
$39,783
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,995
Other revenue
$288
Total assets, end of year
$103,022
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$103,022
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$370,318
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$370,318

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $335,153

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,995 · unrelated business $2,995

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $520

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $232

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $288 · related or exempt $288

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $39,783 · program services $39,783

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $250,004 · program services $250,004

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,873 · program services $32,873

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,475 · program services $19,475

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,469 · program services $1,469

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,481 · program services $21,481

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,521 · program services $1,521

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,201 · program services $1,201

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,511 · program services $2,511

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $132,102 · end of year $100,220

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,802 · end of year $2,802

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $134,904 · end of year $103,022

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SOCIALWORKS AIMS TO EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH THE ARTS, EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • WARMEST WINTER IS AN INITIATIVE INSPIRING OTHERS THROUGH SERVICE.LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER 2015, THIS INITIATIVE BEGAN BECAUSE CHANCE WANTEDTO GIVE CHICAGO'S HIGHLY MOBILE COMMUNITY A PRACTICAL COAT THAT, AT THEVERY LEAST, WAS PRACTICAL AND ABLE TO WITHSTAND CHICAGO'S HARSHWINTERS. SINCE THEN THE INITIATIVE HAS EVOLVED TO A WAY TO DIRECTLYPROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO THE TRANSIENT AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY INA WAY THAT PUTS COMPANIONSHIP, COMMUNTY, AN DIGNITY BEFORE ALL ELSE.

    Expenses $25,681 · Grants $25,681

  • MY STATE OF MIND IS A MENTAL HEALTH TOOL TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO WELLNESS.WITH OUR TEAM OF WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MENTALHEALTH RESOURCES WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING IN A TIME OF NEED.

    Expenses $10,247 · Grants $10,247

  • A SPACE FOR YOUNG CREATIVES TO SHARE, EXPRESS, AND NETWORK WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS. HELD AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED BUSINESSES, THIS EVENT FEATURES RANDOMLY SELECTED STUDENTS PRESENTING A 3-MINUTE PIECE OF THEIR CHOICE. OVER 90 MINUTES, STUDENTS LEARN HIP-HOP HISTORY, PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES, AND STAGE ETIQUETTE FROM RESIDENT HOSTS AND A DJ. OPENMIKE OFTEN CONCLUDES WITH PROFESSIONALS OR ART ADVOCATES DISCUSSING THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS, SHOWCASING THEIR WORK, OR SHARING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,000 · Grants $2,000

  • Expenses $332,390 · Grants $1,855

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Cunningham

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,004
    From this org
    $125,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Essense Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Chancelor Bennett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Kenneth Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Darius White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349323277

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