Totals
- Total revenue
- $231,851
- Total expenses
- $277,410
- Contributions and grants received
- $231,848
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $3
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $260,055
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $260,055
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $277,270
- Management and general expenses
- $140
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $218,584
Program services were 99.9% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$231,848
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$82,003
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3 · Investment income
total $3 · unrelated business $3
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,465 · program services $1,465
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11g · Fees: other
total $37,223 · program services $37,223
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,624 · program services $1,624
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14 · Information technology
total $2,231 · program services $2,231
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23 · Insurance
total $16,143 · program services $16,143
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24a · Other expenses: Westside Chrsitmas Drive Thru Expense
total $23,316 · program services $23,316
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24b · Other expenses: Resource and Care Distribution and Expense
total $35,360 · program services $35,360
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24c · Other expenses: Youth Baseball Program Expense
total $80,365 · program services $80,365
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24d · Other expenses: Youth Basketball Program Expense
total $79,543 · program services $79,543
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24e · All other expenses
total $140 · management and general $140
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $31,664 · end of year $11,727
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $43,380 · end of year $29,970
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $230,569 · end of year $218,358
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $305,613 · end of year $260,055
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
The mission of City of Refuge - Chicago is to bring light, hope, and transformation to individuals and their families on the westside of Chicago. We accomplish this mission through resource distribution, youth development programming, and various special events to build community cohesion resulting in violence reduction.
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The Care and Resource Center - offers counseling, financial literacy, limited financial services, distribution of household goods, non-perishable and limited perishable grocery items. We served over 1500 in 2025.
Expenses $35,360
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The youth development arm is called Chicago Westside and Southside Police and Youth Sports. CORC partners with local and state law enforcement, local non-profits, and local faith-based organizations to offer free quality sports that create safe spaces and community building for youth and their families, as well as connecting resources to those that need them. Served over 1100 youth in 2025.
Expenses $159,908
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The largest special event was the Westside Christmas Drive Thru - a collaboration between local law enforcement, local non-profits, and local faith-based organizations to provide a holiday event providing hundreds of coats, hats, scarves, gloves and toys. Served over 400 in 2025.
Expenses $23,316
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Stephanie Marquardt
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
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Cicely Taylor
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jon Kelly
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jerome Beane
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kent Steiner
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kurt Marquardt
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
- 15 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202621059349301417
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