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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHICAGO DEBATE COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,035,785
Total expenses
$1,340,398
Contributions and grants received
$1,155,803
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$66,720
Investment income
$1,331
Other revenue
-$188,069
Total assets, end of year
$1,052,465
Total liabilities, end of year
$434,467
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$617,998
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$996,996
Management and general expenses
$125,914
Fundraising expenses
$217,488
Program service expenses (Part III)
$996,996

Program services were 74.4% 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

    $539,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $320,420

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $295,883

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,013

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GUEST AND CHARTER SCHOOL FEES

    total $66,720 · related or exempt $66,720

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,331 · excluded $1,331

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $539,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $189,268

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$189,268 · excluded -$189,268

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,199 · related or exempt $1,199

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,199

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $216,299 · program services $151,409 · management and general $23,793 · fundraising $41,097

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $501,867 · program services $351,307 · management and general $55,205 · fundraising $95,355

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,027 · program services $24,519 · management and general $3,853 · fundraising $6,655

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,104 · program services $38,573 · management and general $6,061 · fundraising $10,470

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,650 · program services $36,855 · management and general $5,791 · fundraising $10,004

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $289,925 · program services $248,843 · management and general $15,064 · fundraising $26,018

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,169 · program services $21,818 · management and general $3,429 · fundraising $5,922

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,105 · program services $11,973 · management and general $1,882 · fundraising $3,250

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,074 · program services $33,125 · management and general $6,948 · fundraising $12,001

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,684 · program services $10,979 · management and general $1,725 · fundraising $2,980

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,053 · program services $5,637 · management and general $886 · fundraising $1,530

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,149 · program services $1,505 · management and general $236 · fundraising $408

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,462 · program services $6,623 · management and general $1,041 · fundraising $1,798

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT-RELATED EXP.

    total $35,205 · program services $35,205

  • 24b · Other expenses: TOURNAMENT FEES/AWARDS

    total $18,625 · program services $18,625

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $599,445 · end of year $22,906

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $131,316

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $342,767 · end of year $493,757

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,042 · end of year $6,458

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

    $19,309

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

    $10,505

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,953 · end of year $8,804

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,157 · end of year $389,224

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,856 · end of year $51,688

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $382,779

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $688,008 · end of year $470,998

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $243,500 · end of year $147,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CHICAGO DEBATES' MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LIFE SUCCESS OF CHICAGO'S YOUTH THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ACADEMIC DEBATE. CHICAGO DEBATES ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH CHICAGO'S YOUTH ARE EMPOWERED TO FIND THEIR VOICES, SUCCEED IN COLLEGE, AND BECOME COMMUNITY LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CHICAGO DEBATE COMMISSION ("CHICAGO DEBATES") IS BRIDGING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THEIR ACADEMIC, CAREER, AND LEADERSHIP SUCCESS THROUGH COMPETITIVE POLICY DEBATE.

  • CHICAGO DEBATES MANAGES AND PROVIDES DEBATE PROGRAMMING IN CHICAGO PUBLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, TRAINS AND SUPPORTS TEACHERS AND COACHES, AND COORDINATES AND CONDUCTS TOURNAMENTS.

    Expenses $996,996 · Revenue $67,919

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eli Kay-Oliphant

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Michael C Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amit Bindra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Bjorklund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zachary Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elisa Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Haig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Annie Kastanek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharone Mitchell Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stanley Pierson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Onica Matsika Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cindy Stuyvesant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tania White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erika Whitehead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jessica Yeats

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gerald Zimmerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Toinette Gunn

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $141,042
    From this org
    $141,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anthony Bolden

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,245
    From this org
    $81,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421319349300247

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