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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UCAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$65,190,210
Total expenses
$61,976,154
Contributions and grants received
$62,610,657
Grants paid
$4,958,291
Program service revenue
$1,728,518
Investment income
$1,008,025
Other revenue
-$156,990
Total assets, end of year
$73,057,185
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,440,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,617,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$49,013,230
Management and general expenses
$11,139,348
Fundraising expenses
$1,823,576
Program service expenses (Part III)
$49,013,230

Program services were 79.1% 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

    $1,039,977

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $57,024,834

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,545,846

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEDICAID REVENUE

    total $1,724,839 · related or exempt $1,724,839

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER YOUTH PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,679 · related or exempt $3,679

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $361,281 · excluded $361,281

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,251,397

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,604,653

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $646,744

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $646,744 · excluded $646,744

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $1,039,977

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $243,785

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$243,785 · excluded -$243,785

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $86,795 · related or exempt $86,795

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $86,795

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,958,291 · program services $4,958,291

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $473,314 · management and general $473,314

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $29,332,943 · program services $25,867,534 · management and general $2,512,195 · fundraising $953,214

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,833,532 · program services $2,719,138 · management and general $990,517 · fundraising $123,877

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,202,500 · program services $1,879,682 · management and general $254,077 · fundraising $68,741

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $160,643 · management and general $160,643

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $213,318 · program services $13,239 · management and general $200,079

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,600,226 · program services $4,439,895 · management and general $2,704,276 · fundraising $456,055

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,960,992 · program services $3,149,404 · management and general $807,509 · fundraising $4,079

  • 17 · Travel

    total $243,303 · program services $236,044 · management and general $5,108 · fundraising $2,151

  • 20 · Interest

    total $603,219 · program services $281,106 · management and general $322,113

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,371,351 · program services $1,137,340 · management and general $234,011

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $946,728 · program services $512,188 · management and general $434,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,389,145 · program services $81,986 · management and general $2,300,440 · fundraising $6,719

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $1,982,064 · program services $1,195,656 · management and general $648,545 · fundraising $137,863

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $1,546,020 · program services $1,545,583 · fundraising $437

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND STAFF DEVE

    total $88,089 · program services $35,183 · management and general $51,171 · fundraising $1,735

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $70,476 · program services $960,961 · management and general -$959,190 · fundraising $68,705

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $277,488 · end of year $976,853

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,296,990 · end of year $4,075,988

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $603,399 · end of year $11,438,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,973,112 · end of year $1,699,405

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $238,009 · end of year $139,107

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

    $56,612,528

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

    $20,759,390

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,868,780 · end of year $35,853,138

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,495,463 · end of year $4,108,988

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,647,966 · end of year $14,765,629

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,531,945 · end of year $5,233,310

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $7,880,109 · end of year $7,892,299

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,123,055 · end of year $3,168,851

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,486,072 · end of year $1,145,710

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,471,001 · end of year $32,892,258

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,909,025 · end of year $22,724,757

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO BUILD STRONG YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH COMPASSIONATE HEALING, EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT.

  • UCAN'S THERAPEUTIC YOUTH HOME PROVIDES A STRUCTURED, STABLE AND THERAPEUTIC LIVING ARRANGEMENT FOR YOUTH IN THE CARE OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES. THE HOME WORKS PRIMARILY WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 7-18 WHO HAVE HISTORIES OF SEVERE TRAUMA, ABUSE, AND NEGLECT. BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST EXPERIENCE, THE CLIENTS ARE IN NEED OF A HIGHLY STRUCTURED, 24-HOUR-A-DAY TREATMENT FACILITY TO ADDRESS THE BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES THAT SURROUND THEIR PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA AND ABUSE. CLIENTS IN THE DIERMEIER THERAPEUTIC YOUTH HOME ARE OFFERED A WIDE VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALIZED AND GROUP TREATMENT SERVICES TO AID THEM IN HEALING AND GAINING THE SOCIAL AND COPING SKILLS TO GRADUATE FROM TREATMENTS AND MOVE TO A LESS RESTRICTIVE SETTING.

    Expenses $13,839,566 · Grants $136,784 · Revenue $1,815,313

  • YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PREVENTION/OTHER INCLUDES MULTIPLE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN AND AROUND NORTH LAWNDALE, RIVERDALE, AND ROSELAND AS WELL AS SAFE PASSAGE PROGRAMS TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL. THIS AREA ALSO INCLUDES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT RANGE FROM SUMMER JOBS PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, AND JOB SKILLS TRAINING.

    Expenses $8,153,784 · Grants $1,422,001

  • UCAN'S FOSTER PARENTING PROGRAM PRIMARY GOAL OF FOSTER CARE IS TO RESTORE CHILDREN SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES AND FOSTER PARENTS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION IN HELPING THE CHILD AND PARENTS MAINTAIN THEIR FAMILY BOND DURING THE PERIOD OF SEPARATION. IF A CHILD CANNOT RETURN HOME, FOSTER PARENTS MAY PROVIDE A PERMANENT HOME. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE FOSTER PARENTS EVENTUALLY ASSUME LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHILD AS THE GUARDIAN OR THROUGH ADOPTION.

    Expenses $6,505,412 · Grants $548,970

  • UCAN ACADEMY, COMPRISED OF TWO CAMPUSES ACROSS CHICAGO, IS AN INNOVATIVE 1ST THROUGH 12TH GRADE YEAR-ROUND THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL. A SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IS USED BY EXPERIENCED STAFF TO HELP STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES IN PREVIOUS SCHOOL SETTING AND WHO BENEFIT FROM A SMALLER, MORE INDIVIDUALIZED CLASSROOM SETTING. AS THE LARGEST AND ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, EACH CHILD ENROLLED IN UCAN ACADEMY COMES TO US WITH A UNIQUE SET OF NEEDS. WE USED A STAFF-INTENSE ENVIRONMENT FOR MORE ONE-ON-ONE ATTENTION. OUR STUDENTS, WHILE COMING FROM DIVERSE AND DISTINCT BACKGROUNDS, HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL SETTINGS. MANY HAVE BECOME DISCOURAGED ABOUT LEARNING. WE HELP THEM TO SEE SCHOOLING IN A POSITIVE LIGHT AND TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL.

    Expenses $6,162,352 · Grants $20,032

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING/TRANSITIONAL LIVING - PROVIDE YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND TEEN PARENTS WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO LIVE SELF-SUFFICIENTLY, AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PREGNANT AND/OR PARENTING CLIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN

    Expenses $5,984,311 · Grants $707,138

  • UCAN'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAREER SERVICES HELP FAMILIES ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY. CAREER SERVICES' GOAL IS TO OFFER PARTICIPANTS THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORKPLACE BY INSPIRING, MOTIVATING AND EDUCATING CLIENTS TO PURSUE A CAREER PATH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL. UTILIZING CAREER INTEREST INVENTORIES AND WORKFORCE ASSESSMENTS, STAFF ARE ABLE TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS IN IDENTIFYING THEIR STRENGTHS AND GOALS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WHILE PURSUING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $5,345,666 · Grants $2,063,374

  • UCAN'S TEEN PARENTING SERVICE NETWORK IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH PREGNANT AND PARENTING YOUTH IN DCFS CARE AND THEIR CHILDREN. IN MANAGING STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING YOUTH UNDER A SINGLE UMBRELLA, UCAN PROVIDES SEAMLESS SERVICE TO PLACEMENT PROVIDERS AND PREGNANT AND PARENTING YOUTH THROUGH A CONTINUUM OF CARE. UCAN PROVIDES A FULL SCOPE OF CLINICAL, TRAINING, EDUCATION AND PARENTING SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP YOUNG PARENTS COPING WITH THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA. UCAN STARTS BY MEETING YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE AT, IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND BUILDING FROM SUCCESS. UCAN STAFF MEMBERS ARE TRAINED TO IDENTIFY AND TREAT THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA WHILE ENHANCING THE PARENTING CAPACITY OF YOUTH SO THAT THEY CAN BE THE BEST PARENTS THAT THEY CAN BE.

    Expenses $2,470,835 · Grants $59,932

  • UCAN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDE OUTPATIENT THERAPY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. WORKING WITH YOUTH, ADULTS AND FAMILIES IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, UCAN'S CULTURALLY DIVERSE COUNSELORS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS HELP CONSUMERS ADDRESS SUCH COMPLEX ISSUES AS ABUSE, NEGLECT, BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, SEPARATION AND LOSS. WE CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLANS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

    Expenses $551,304 · Grants $60

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lourdes Gonzalez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cedric Thurman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bert Allen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aurora Stevenson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Markell Bridges

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan McNally-Wilde

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Bradley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Diermeier

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Fennessy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Fleming

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oscar Johnson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanna Cullins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reyahd Kazmi

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ozzie Pierce

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mario Rizzo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Robinson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darren Tillis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Fitzgerald

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Johnson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christa Hamilton

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $269,097
    From this org
    $252,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,549
    Filer's total
    $269,097
  • Tenisha Jones

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $11,923
    From this org
    $11,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cherilyn Thomas

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $180,762
    From this org
    $174,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,441
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,321
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,441
    Filer's total
    $180,762
  • Nicolas Liakopulas

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $154,251
    From this org
    $147,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,479
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,772
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,479
    Filer's total
    $154,251
  • Derrick Baker

    VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETIN

    Total calculated
    $157,030
    From this org
    $143,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,046
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,046
    Filer's total
    $157,030
  • Fredrick Long

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPM

    Total calculated
    $160,763
    From this org
    $140,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,809
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,809
    Filer's total
    $160,763
  • Stephanie Franklin

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $150,233
    From this org
    $143,572
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,661
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,572
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,661
    Filer's total
    $150,233
  • Channa Bush

    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $161,358
    From this org
    $153,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,758
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,600
    Filer's total
    $161,358

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
CLAUDE ROBINSON $39,142 KEIR TAYLOR $4,000 ANTHONY PRUITT $3,752

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • PERPETUAL TRUST (3)

    T · TRUST · IL · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by UCAN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349306837

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