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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO RECOVERY ALLIANCE.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 12 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$3,198,667 changed to $3,050,504
Total expenses
$2,385,458 changed to $2,385,530
Contributions and grants received
$3,198,594 changed to $3,050,430
Investment income
$73 changed to $74
Total assets, end of year
$2,675,382 changed to $3,000,448
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,672,937 changed to $2,998,003
Program services expenses
$1,851,243 changed to $2,236,811
Management and general expenses
$534,215 changed to $82,088
Fundraising expenses
$0 changed to $66,631
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,851,243 changed to $2,236,811

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Rachel Blumental

Listed only on the later return

  • Rachel Blumenthal

Totals

Total revenue
$3,050,504
Total expenses
$2,385,530
Contributions and grants received
$3,050,430
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$74
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,000,448
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,998,003
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,236,811
Management and general expenses
$82,088
Fundraising expenses
$66,631
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,236,811

Program services were 93.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,869,344

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $181,086

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $74

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,427 · program services $81,969 · management and general $458 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $578,842 · program services $575,625 · management and general $3,217 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,497 · program services $77,712 · management and general $785 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,963 · program services $50,453 · management and general $510 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,646 · program services $14,560 · management and general $14,713 · fundraising $14,373

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,746 · program services $4,746 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,219 · program services $46,194 · management and general $15,862 · fundraising $14,163

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,472 · program services $11,315 · management and general $2,157 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,991 · program services $17,631 · management and general $360 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,983 · program services $5,750 · management and general $233 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,029 · program services $36,409 · management and general $5,810 · fundraising $5,810

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,314,331 · program services $1,259,978 · management and general $23,068 · fundraising $31,285

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $61,228 · program services $47,963 · management and general $13,265 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING

    total $6,610 · program services $5,820 · management and general $790 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICES

    total $860 · program services $0 · management and general $860 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $686 · program services $686 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,755,266 · end of year $2,043,570

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $400,013

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $217,688 · end of year $325,065

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

    $745,304

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

    $513,504

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $237,551 · end of year $231,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $123,337 · end of year $2,445

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,087,168 · end of year $2,998,003

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS BY REDUCING DRUG-RELATED HARM IN THEIR LIVES. SPECIFICALLY, CONDUCTING OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE USING DRUGS. ALSO TO HELP REDUCE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, OVERDOSE, AND OTHER STATES OF UNWELL AND PRE-MATURE DEATH

  • SINCE THE 1990s,THE CHICAGO RECOVERY ALLIANCE HAS OPERATED OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, HIV/HCV PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, CARE COORDINATION FOR REFERRALS TO PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORTS AND INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, MEDICAL CARE, AND BASIC NEEDS SUPPORTS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND HOUSING.

    Expenses $2,236,811

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Ernst

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Jo Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Blumenthal

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allison Kay Dukes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matteo Cejtin Rosen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Duda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Werning

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,427
    From this org
    $82,427
    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
2023
Filed
18 December 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202543539349300339

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