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CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GROUP

EIN 85-3906899 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$19,646,175
Expenses 2024
$2,882,933

Program services were 50.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1200
Street
222 N CANAL ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CAFE GROUP REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION TO TRANSFORM PHILANTHROPY AND ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY THROUGH LOVE-CENTERED, SYSTEMIC CHANGE. THROUGH SIGNATURE INITIATIVES LIKE THE 1954 PROJECT AND THE LEAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WE CULTIVATE TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERS, UNLOCK NEW RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, AND CHAMPION EQUITY-CENTERED PRACTICES THAT CREATE LASTING IMPACT.

  • THROUGH CATALYTIC FUNDING, DEEP LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND CROSS-SECTOR CONNECTION, WE SUPPORT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY FROM THE INSIDE OUT.THE 1954 PROJECT - WE PROVIDE CATALYTIC CAPITAL AND DEEP SUPPORT TO LEADERS REIMAGINING EDUCATION, FROM CLASSROOMS TO COMMUNITIES. THE 1954 PROJECT SHIFTS WHO GETS FUNDED AND HOW.LEAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - THROUGH LEAD, WE CONNECT COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH PAID INTERNSHIPS AND A DYNAMIC SUMMER CURRICULUM, OFFERING TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES IN PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL IMPACT.

    Expenses $1,452,860 · Grants $85,623

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TIFFANY THOMPSON

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,107
    From this org
    $214,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,274
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,833
    Filer's total
    $220,107

  • JENNIFER WANDER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $219,059
    From this org
    $204,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,630
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,929
    Bonus
    $24,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,139
    Filer's total
    $219,059

  • LINDSAY BOOKER

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,115
    From this org
    $181,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,325
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,790
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $978
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,347
    Filer's total
    $188,115

  • REBECCA QUINCEY

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $127,012
    From this org
    $117,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,395
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH THOMPSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • LESLIE ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL ANELLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAYNE EVANS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH MCCOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARA BOTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $19,646,175
    Expenses
    $2,882,933
    Contributions
    $19,188,840
    Grants paid
    $85,623
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,499,483
    Expenses
    $7,247,999
    Contributions
    $11,196,406
    Grants paid
    $5,028,528
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,949,556
    Expenses
    $7,412,889
    Contributions
    $3,948,657
    Grants paid
    $5,150,476

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,309,295
    Expenses
    $6,605,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,236,345

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Mailing address
222 N CANAL STCHICAGO IL 60606

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • BEYOND 12

    $1,000,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • MARCY LAB INC

    $1,000,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND

    $1,000,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • B-360 BALTIMORE INC

    $1,000,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • THE KNOWLEDGE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP INC

    $986,451

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • TECHBRIDGE GIRLS

    $986,451

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • VILLAGE OF WISDOM

    $986,451

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • BENOLA INC

    $968,036

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • THE BLOC

    $968,036

    2022 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • PROJECT SYNCERE

    $50,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.