COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES

EIN 20-4811544 HIGHLAND PARK, IL

Revenue 2023: $1,034,888
Expenses 2023: $1,047,716

Program services were 74.9% 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: 3500 WESTERN AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC
EIN 47-2859426

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES MENTORS, EMPOWERS AND INSPIRES LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION SCHOLARS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS, GRADUATE COLLEGE AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES (CBO) PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS OF LIMITED MEANS AND WHOSE CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS MAY POSE BARRIERS TO GAIN ENTRY INTO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. CBO ASSISTS THEM IN IDENTIFYING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND IN GUIDING THEM TOWARD THE SUCCESSFUL COOMPLETION OF THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE.

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS, SPONSORED STUDENT TRIPS TO COLLEGES, AND PROVIDED TRAINING AIMED TOWARD ENHANCING THE STUDENT'S COLLEGE ADMISSION KNOWLEDGE AND PROSPECTS.

Expenses $784,593 · Grants $237,220 · Revenue $52,053

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Karen LygizosKAREN LYGIZOS

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Seth KatzSETH KATZ

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Matt LaughtonMATT LAUGHTON

TREASURER/SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Elizabeth GeorgeELIZABETH GEORGE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Todd HeydenTODD HEYDEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kathy McKennaKATHY MCKENNA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mythyly PutchaMYTHYLY PUTCHA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alyssa Shlensky ShapiroALYSSA SHLENSKY SHAPIRO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bonnie C ShlenskyBONNIE C SHLENSKY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David SmithDAVID SMITH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tom TerranovaTOM TERRANOVA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brian WeinbergBRIAN WEINBERG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Erin WozniakERIN WOZNIAK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susan R BellSUSAN R BELL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$132,250

From this org

$132,250

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

2023

Revenue

$1,034,888

Expenses

$1,047,716

Contributions

$828,258

Grants paid

$237,220
2022

Revenue

$1,016,959

Expenses

$1,146,130

Contributions

$813,661

Grants paid

$320,803

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$1,034,888	$1,047,716	$828,258	$237,220
2022	$1,016,959	$1,146,130	$813,661	$320,803

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

$1,050,401

Expenses

$1,273,574

Assets (EOY)

$1,813,531
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,119,469

Expenses

$1,204,536

Assets (EOY)

$1,958,293
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,024,258

Expenses

$1,156,095

Assets (EOY)

$1,879,108
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,027,840

Expenses

$1,179,812

Assets (EOY)

$1,870,824
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,151,584

Expenses

$1,210,594

Assets (EOY)

$1,856,800
2016 · 990

Revenue

$924,123

Expenses

$947,425

Assets (EOY)

$1,778,362
2015 · 990

Revenue

$974,987

Expenses

$845,436

Assets (EOY)

$1,640,420
2014 · 990

Revenue

$872,348

Expenses

$676,220

Assets (EOY)

$1,449,505
2013 · 990

Revenue

$748,849

Expenses

$623,796

Assets (EOY)

$1,176,987
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$622,339

Assets (EOY)

$1,035,153

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,050,401	$1,273,574	$1,813,531
2020	990	$1,119,469	$1,204,536	$1,958,293
2019	990	$1,024,258	$1,156,095	$1,879,108
2018	990	$1,027,840	$1,179,812	$1,870,824
2017	990	$1,151,584	$1,210,594	$1,856,800
2016	990	$924,123	$947,425	$1,778,362
2015	990	$974,987	$845,436	$1,640,420
2014	990	$872,348	$676,220	$1,449,505
2013	990	$748,849	$623,796	$1,176,987
2012	990	not reported	$622,339	$1,035,153

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

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$81,350

2023 HUMAN SERVICES
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$75,500

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO

$55,300

2023 GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$50,500

2024 YOUTH DEVEL
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$50,250

2022 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO

$48,650

2022 Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$40,000

2024 Program Support
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$37,445

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$30,000

2023 Program Support
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO

$29,150

2024 GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.