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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$918,739
Total expenses
$1,078,913
Contributions and grants received
$898,789
Grants paid
$90,841
Program service revenue
$9,301
Investment income
$4,240
Other revenue
$6,409
Total assets, end of year
$1,526,474
Total liabilities, end of year
$317,082
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,209,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$699,384
Management and general expenses
$212,587
Fundraising expenses
$166,942
Program service expenses (Part III)
$699,384

Program services were 64.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $22,512

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $876,277

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,487

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS AND OTHER

    total $9,301 · related or exempt $9,301

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,240 · excluded $4,240

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,089

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $22,512

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,567

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,478 · excluded -$2,478

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,887 · related or exempt $8,887

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,887

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $90,841 · program services $90,841

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $83,893 · program services $23,070 · management and general $39,849 · fundraising $20,974

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $269,564 · program services $173,970 · management and general $24,680 · fundraising $70,914

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,802 · program services $11,825 · management and general $2,611 · fundraising $366

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,291 · program services $22,358 · management and general $6,439 · fundraising $9,494

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,910 · management and general $46,910

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $233,498 · program services $191,288 · management and general $26,711 · fundraising $15,499

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,353 · program services $762 · management and general $239 · fundraising $352

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,533 · program services $4,109 · management and general $3,580 · fundraising $1,844

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,507 · program services $6,095 · management and general $2,299 · fundraising $12,113

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,490 · program services $45,908 · management and general $14,380 · fundraising $21,202

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,009 · program services $19,009

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $34,405 · program services $7,309 · management and general $23,961 · fundraising $3,135

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,530 · management and general $1,530

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,289 · management and general $6,289

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,280 · program services $8,608 · management and general $2,696 · fundraising $3,976

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $62,063 · program services $62,063

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $26,761 · program services $26,761

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $8,742 · program services $734 · management and general $7,933 · fundraising $75

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE

    total $7,408 · program services $4,174 · management and general $1,307 · fundraising $1,927

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,744 · program services $500 · management and general $1,173 · fundraising $5,071

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,706,233 · end of year $1,266,549

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $177,495 · end of year $102,870

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,409 · end of year $8,190

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

    $50,920

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

    $35,705

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,792 · end of year $15,215

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $133,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,591 · end of year $15,185

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $900 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $779,495 · end of year $211,566

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $90,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,112,943 · end of year $664,215

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $545,177

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL CULTIVATES AND AMPLIFIES THE LEADERSHIP OF BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH AS THEY ENVISION AND ORGANIZE TOWARD COLLECTIVE HEALING AND LIBERATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES SPACE TO STUDY & UNDERSTAND SOCIAL ISSUES, BUILD & DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE.

  • THE CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL PROVIDED THE BELOW-LISTED ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE:1. CONDUCTED PUBLIC WORKSHOPS REGARDING HISTORICAL TOPICS WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED ATTENDEES.2. THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PLANNED, CONDUCTED, AND EVALUATED VARIOUS YOUTH-ORIENTATED ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY DOZENS OF YOUTHS.3. FREEDOM FELLOWSHIP PAID STIPENDS TO YOUTH AGES 14-18 TO ATTEND TRAINING CLASSES AND TO DEVELOP AND CONDUCT AN ACTION PLAN.4. CONDUCTED THE FELLOWSHIP SUMMER PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED ATTENDEES A HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS.

    Expenses $699,384 · Grants $90,841 · Revenue $18,188

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Angela Munguia

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steven Rosado

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jane Palmer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Fausto Lopez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ailiana Denis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gervais Marsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Surrat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maral Zonooz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Alvarado-Rivera

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $83,893
    From this org
    $76,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,226
    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
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349324284

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