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← CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,309,085
Total expenses
$2,199,685
Contributions and grants received
$1,386,455
Grants paid
$406,129
Program service revenue
$831,406
Investment income
$83,111
Other revenue
$8,113
Total assets, end of year
$3,839,421
Total liabilities, end of year
$342,971
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,496,450
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,713,278
Management and general expenses
$440,830
Fundraising expenses
$45,577
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,208,116

Program services were 77.9% 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

    $94,192

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,292,263

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition fees and books

    total $760,867 · related or exempt $760,867

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Hot Lunch

    total $26,821 · related or exempt $26,821

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Summer School

    total $7,334 · related or exempt $7,334

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BeforeAfter School

    total $19,599 · related or exempt $19,599

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Student Activities

    total $14,861 · related or exempt $14,861

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,924 · related or exempt $1,924

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $83,111 · related or exempt $83,111

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,543

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $8,430

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $8,113

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $406,129 · program services $406,129

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $219,138 · program services $219,138

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $823,361 · program services $823,361

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $60,377 · program services $60,377

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $197,061 · program services $197,061

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,242 · program services $83,242

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $950 · management and general $950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,310 · program services $13,046 · management and general $1,264

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,860 · program services $4,860

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,450 · management and general $34,550 · fundraising $900

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,418 · management and general $1,418

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $168,587 · program services $168,587

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,724 · program services $113 · management and general $9,611

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,340 · management and general $4,340

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $90,331 · program services $90,331

  • 24a · Other expenses: Allocation of Comp & Occu

    total $0 · program services -$426,079 · management and general $388,697 · fundraising $37,382

  • 24b · Other expenses: Education Supplies

    total $45,307 · program services $45,307

  • 24c · Other expenses: Hot Lunch Program

    total $27,805 · program services $27,805

  • 24d · Other expenses: Parent Fundraising Exp

    total $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,295 · fundraising $7,295

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,040 · end of year $32,497

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $452,082 · end of year $421,342

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,670 · end of year $13,648

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

    $4,482,694

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

    $1,911,165

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,777,234 · end of year $2,571,529

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $590,827 · end of year $800,405

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,308 · end of year $54,649

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $415,942 · end of year $288,322

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,882,911 · end of year $2,696,045

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $557,692 · end of year $800,405

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CWSCS's mission is to engage students in dynamic Christian education that equips them to serve as Christians in society through developing them academically, culturally, socially, spiritually, and creatively.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CWSCSs mission is to engage students in dynamic Christian education that equips them to serve as Christians in society

  • CWSCS serves the local geographic and religious community with a preschool through 8th grade day school (143 students), a before and after school program (45 students), and a six week summer program (35 students). Students participate in a rigorous academic program that encourages thoughtful engagement and response. The school provides a strong culture and climate that encourages the building of community, concern for others, responsibility to pursue excellence and the development of life-long learning practices.

    Expenses $2,208,116 · Grants $406,129 · Revenue $1,911,387

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leslie Sytsma

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Gevian Dargan

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Samantha Moore

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Wolff

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tammy Bates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Wolff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Micah Sytsma

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Shari Bouma

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marquita Rogers

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $84,590
    From this org
    $81,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,253
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Post

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $67,318
    From this org
    $64,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,589
    Hours/week
    50
  • Janese Meyer

    Director of After Scho

    Total calculated
    $64,042
    From this org
    $61,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,463
    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Lawndale Christian Reformed Church

    501c3 · churchreligious organization · IL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521679349301857

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