Totals
- Total revenue
- $891,320
- Total expenses
- $951,793
- Contributions and grants received
- $765,418
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- -$1,754
- Other revenue
- $127,656
- Total assets, end of year
- $203,620
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $121,373
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $82,247
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $503,326
- Management and general expenses
- $421,237
- Fundraising expenses
- $27,230
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $503,326
Program services were 52.9% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$60,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$705,418
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$6,220
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities -$1,754
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$1,754
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$1,754 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$1,754
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$96,842
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$35,191
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $61,651 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $61,651
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $66,005 · related or exempt $66,005 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$66,005
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $559,507 · program services $242,133 · management and general $306,799 · fundraising $10,575
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $54,797 · program services $23,714 · management and general $30,047 · fundraising $1,036
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $46,875 · program services $38,784 · management and general $8,091 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $13,300 · program services $8,776 · management and general $3,001 · fundraising $1,523
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11g · Fees: other
total $13,263 · program services $8,751 · management and general $2,993 · fundraising $1,519
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,752 · program services $1,683 · management and general $1,010 · fundraising $59
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13 · Office expenses
total $28,998 · program services $23,174 · management and general $4,249 · fundraising $1,575
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14 · Information technology
total $26,774 · program services $16,373 · management and general $9,822 · fundraising $579
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16 · Occupancy
total $131,610 · program services $103,282 · management and general $20,239 · fundraising $8,089
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17 · Travel
total $9,294 · program services $7,427 · management and general $1,362 · fundraising $505
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,033 · program services $632 · management and general $379 · fundraising $22
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $16,756 · program services $0 · management and general $16,756 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $8,909 · program services $0 · management and general $8,909 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $6,157 · program services $4,921 · management and general $902 · fundraising $334
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
total $1,626 · program services $1,300 · management and general $238 · fundraising $88
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24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $2,555 · program services $1,523 · management and general $995 · fundraising $37
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24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES
total $3,895 · program services $2,382 · management and general $1,429 · fundraising $84
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24e · All other expenses
total $23,692 · program services $18,471 · management and general $4,016 · fundraising $1,205
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $100,055 · end of year $38,211
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $100,000
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $14,120 · end of year $14,120
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$247,490
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$216,201
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $59,216 · end of year $31,289
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,736 · end of year $20,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $50,096 · end of year $121,373
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $174,031 · end of year $82,247
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
SUPPORT STUDENTS AGES 6 TO 18 WITH THEIR CREATIVE AND EXPOSITORY WRITING SKILLS, AND TO HELP TEACHERS INSPIRE THEIR STUDENTS TO WRITE.
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AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS: FOUR DAYS A WEEK, CARING AND SUPPORTIVE VOLUNTEERS OFFER INDIVIDUALIZED HOMEWORK HELP TO FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS. STUDENTS ALSO SHARPEN THEIR WRITING SKILLS WITH A DAILY CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY. EACH SEMESTER, THEIR WRITING IS PUBLISHED IN A CHAPBOOK AND CELEBRATED BY THE 826CHI COMMUNITY.FIELD TRIPS:ON WEEKDAY MORNINGS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE INVITE CLASSROOMS TO OUR WRITING LAB FOR CREATIVE WRITING EXPERIENCES. FIELD TRIPS ARE TUITION-FREE, OFFERED TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES IN GRADES ONE THROUGH TWELVE, AND FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF WRITING SKILLS. EACH OF OUR SIX DIFFERENT FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCES IS DESIGNED TO BE PROJECTBASED, COLLABORATIVE, PLAYFUL, EMPOWERING, IMAGINATIVE, AND TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE VOICES.
Expenses $503,326
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jennifer SteeleJENNIFER STEELE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $94,231
- From this org
- $94,231
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $94,231
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $94,231
-
Jessica MlinaricJESSICA MLINARIC
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Kevin BoehmKEVIN BOEHM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Chris EdwardsCHRIS EDWARDS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Myriha BurceMYRIHA BURCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Aisha LeverettAISHA LEVERETT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Shawn GainesSHAWN GAINES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Anthony SisANTHONY SIS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Larry GriffinLARRY GRIFFIN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Marisa Jackson WalsterMARISA JACKSON WALSTER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Vyshaey MitchellVYSHAEY MITCHELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Celia WickhamCELIA WICKHAM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $61,236
- From this org
- $61,236
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531359349314938
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