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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RECIPE FOR CHANGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$699,280
Total expenses
$634,481
Contributions and grants received
$454,212
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$244,721
Investment income
$347
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$744,569
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,096
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$715,473
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$525,790
Management and general expenses
$84,398
Fundraising expenses
$24,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$525,790

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $454,212

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM

    total $244,721 · related or exempt $244,721

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $347 · unrelated business $347

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $37,500 · program services $37,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $53,079 · program services $39,492 · management and general $9,058 · fundraising $4,529

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,560 · program services $1,325 · management and general $157 · fundraising $78

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,763 · program services $5,749 · management and general $676 · fundraising $338

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $216,400 · program services $156,674 · management and general $41,307 · fundraising $18,419

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,070 · program services $23 · management and general $5,047

  • 17 · Travel

    total $189 · management and general $189

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,146 · program services $31,844 · management and general $302

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,391 · program services $2,182 · management and general $7,209

  • 24a · Other expenses: FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT

    total $9,287 · program services $7,429 · management and general $929 · fundraising $929

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD COST & SUPPLIES

    total $255,044 · program services $241,819 · management and general $13,225

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINT

    total $640 · program services $491 · management and general $149

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $1,262 · program services $1,262

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,150 · management and general $6,150

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $360,338 · end of year $513,887

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $240,563 · end of year $203,707

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,209 · end of year $3,413

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

    $215,274

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

    $191,712

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,709 · end of year $23,562

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,939 · end of year $29,096

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,206

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $237,605 · end of year $265,473

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $413,069 · end of year $450,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

RECIPE FOR CHANGE IS PROVIDING MENTORING AND GUIDANCE TO DETAINEES IN THE JAIL AND PRISON SYSTEM THROUGH CULINARY, FINE ARTS AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING WHILE REINFORCING THE VALUE OF WORK AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILTY

  • RECIPE FOR CHANGE IS PROVIDING MENTORING AND GUIDANCE TO DETAINEES IN THE JAIL AND PRISON SYSTEM THROUGH CULINARY, FINE ARTS AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING WHILE REINFORCING THE VALUE OF WORK AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. RECIPE FOR CHANGE OPERATES AN ACTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN THE COOK COUNTY JAIL (ILLINIOS, USA) AND WORKING TOWARD THE GOAL OF ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM OFFERING SUPPORT AND CONTINUED TRAINING FOR RECENTLY RELEASED DETAINEES.

    Expenses $525,790 · Revenue $244,721

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruno Abate

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $35,900
    From this org
    $35,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carolyn Kurtz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Sue Oleari

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Daniel Townsend

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Clifford Norris

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

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
2025
Filed
26 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642199349303604

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