Totals
- Total revenue
- $82,251
- Total expenses
- $71,614
- Contributions and grants received
- $13,480
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $204
- Other revenue
- $68,567
- Total assets, end of year
- $120,127
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $120,127
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $57,855
- Management and general expenses
- $10,603
- Fundraising expenses
- $3,156
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $57,855
Program services were 80.8% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$13,480
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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3 · Investment income
total $204 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $204
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$249,704
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$181,137
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $68,567 · related or exempt $68,567 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $36,616 · program services $31,123 · management and general $3,662 · fundraising $1,831
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0 · program services $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $344 · program services $293 · management and general $34 · fundraising $17
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14 · Information technology
total $2,740 · program services $2,329 · management and general $274 · fundraising $137
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16 · Occupancy
total $23,447 · program services $19,931 · management and general $2,345 · fundraising $1,171
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17 · Travel
total $0 · program services $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,091 · program services $2,782 · management and general $309
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23 · Insurance
total $3,823 · management and general $3,823
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24a · Other expenses: Business Licenses & Permits
total $437 · program services $393 · management and general $44
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24b · Other expenses: Payroll Processing
total $1,051 · program services $945 · management and general $106
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24c · Other expenses: Bank Service Fees
total $65 · program services $59 · management and general $6
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $86,282 · end of year $30,521
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $65,203
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$40,089
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$15,686
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $23,208 · end of year $24,403
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $109,490 · end of year $120,127
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Community gathering place for the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The primary exempt purposes are 1) charitable - job training and apprenticeship 2) educational (community events). Kusanya is open to the public 5 days per week, operating a job training / apprenticeship cafe and community gathering space. Kusanya hosts many community events each year, many of which are free and open to the public.
Activities or mission (Part I)
See Schedule O
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APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: FOOD SERVICE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN AN OPERATIONAL COMMUNITY CAFE. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE UNDER-RESOURCED AND/OR UNDER-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS AT THE TIME OF ENROLLMENT; MAINLY RESIDENTS OF THE ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, WHERE KUSANYA IS LOCATED. FOOD SERVICE TRACK: INCLUDES FOOD SAFETY, PREPARATION, COOKING AND PRESENTATION; CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS; COFFEE INDUSTRY SKILLS (ROASTING AND DRINK PREPARATION); AND MENTORING IN SOFT SKILLS / INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRACK: LONG-TERM MENTORING FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE MANAGERIAL, COMMUNITY/LEADERSHIP, OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASPIRATIONS. PROGRAM INCLUDES GOAL-SETTING AND CREATION/REFINEMENT OF A CONCEPT FOR THE PARTICIPANTS' POTENTIAL BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION. PARTICIPANTS ARE SUPPORTED AT IN-DEPTH RESEARCH AND CREATING PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS SUITABLE FOR THEIR NEXT STEP. HANDS-ON TRAINING INCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL ASPECTS OF STARTING OR MANAGING A FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS, OR COMMUNITY ORG, I.E. MENU DESIGN, STAFF TRAINING, MARKETING, SUPPLY CHAIN, ETC.
Expenses $52,070 · Revenue $68,657
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CONTINUED TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE AND COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WAS HOME TO MULTIPLE MUSICAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THIS YEAR. THE GARDEN IS ON THE SAME BLOCK AS KUSANYA.
Expenses $2,893
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
Expenses $2,892
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Phil Sipka
Executive Director & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $44,000
- From this org
- $22,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,000
- Hours/week
- 50
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Ebony Sipka
Director & Employee
- Total calculated
- $29,232
- From this org
- $14,616
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,616
- Hours/week
- 38
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Clarence Hogan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brittany Norment
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lauren Duffy
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jonathan Brooks
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543179349306324
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