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CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF NORTH AND NORTHWEST COOK COUNTY

EIN 36-3711203 HOFFMAN EST, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2024
$2,679,529
Expenses 2024
$1,997,588

Program services were 64.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I720
Classification
1000
Street
640 ILLINOIS BLVD

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

CAC'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO OVERCOME TRAUMA FROM PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH EMPATHETIC COLLABORATION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FROM THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW TO THE LAST THERAPY SESSION, CAC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLIENTS ARE BUILDING RESILIENCY IN ORDER TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO OVERCOME TRAUMA FROM PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH EMPATHETIC COLLABORATION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FROM THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW TO THE LAST THERAPY SESSION, CAC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLIENTS ARE BUILDING RESILIENCY IN ORDER TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.

  • USES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, DCFS AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR CASE COORDINATION, FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, VICTIM ADVOCACY AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-17 WHO ARE VICTIMS OR WITNESSES TO VIOLENT CRIME AND THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS. OVER 400 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED AND A TOTAL OF 1,800 CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $647,405 · Revenue $72,868

  • PROVIDED EVIDENCE BASED TRAUMA THEARPY SERVICES TO CHLDREN 6-17 WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE OR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS STEMING FROM ABUSE OR OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $402,386

  • SPECIALIZED PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 0-5 AND THEIR NON OFFENDING CAREGIVER WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE; EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY.

    Expenses $245,068

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.

  • Eduardo Cisneroes

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gretchen Peters

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Foreman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Saperstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Duffey

    CHAIR-FUND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Tucker

    CHAIR-BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roy Picciuca

    FORMER CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Mollison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herb Horn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurtis Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa McComb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Tomezsko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Damita Cravens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Lilly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patty Errera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Bensdorg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Pignotti

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $124,783
    From this org
    $124,783
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,679,529
    Expenses
    $1,997,588
    Contributions
    $1,972,061
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,916,856
    Expenses
    $1,690,009
    Contributions
    $1,672,975
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,748,466
    Expenses
    $1,838,474
    Contributions
    $1,572,422
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,672,785
    Expenses
    $1,795,590
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,080,721
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,742,279
    Expenses
    $1,617,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,241,792
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,537,176
    Expenses
    $1,455,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,248,445
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,747,225
    Expenses
    $1,375,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,238,144
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,249,001
    Expenses
    $1,275,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $929,237
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,102,411
    Expenses
    $1,149,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,047,930
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,191,279
    Expenses
    $1,098,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,135,954
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,124,128
    Expenses
    $1,125,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,043,586
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,062,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,040,144
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $954,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,055,109

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.