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JOSEPH CENTER

EIN 36-4175789 FOREST PARK, IL

Revenue 2024
$3,315,160
Expenses 2024
$3,308,863

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N31
Classification
1000
Street
7600 ROOSEVELT ROAD

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

TO TEACH NEW ENTREPRENEURS THE DETAILS OF STARTING AND MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE PRACTICAL TEACHING, RESOURCES, AND ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE CHRISTIAN ENTREPRENEURS.

  • BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE JOSEPH CENTER FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (JCBD) OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO TRAIN, NURTURE, AND SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS IN STARTING AND RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, AS WELL AS WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE THE ENGINE OF THE ECONOMY. JCBD ENCOMPASSES THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS. 1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES WORKSHOPS AND COURSES IN AREAS SUCH AS BUSINESS START-UP AND PLANNING, FINANCING, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGE/OPERATE THEIR BUSINESSES. 2. CONTINUING EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CEPD) WHICH OFFERS TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) COURSES, ALL DESIGNED TO ASSIST ADULTS IN ACQUIRING SKILLS NECESSARY FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT, BETTER PAYING JOBS, ETC. CEPD ALSO HOSTS AN ANNUAL JOB FAIR THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR UP TO 1,000 ATTENDEES. 3. ILLINOIS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC) AT THE JOSEPH CENTER, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE SBA AND PROVIDES BUSINESS CONSULTING, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO ASSIST ENTREPRENEURS IN IMPROVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY.

    Expenses $1,212,765 · Grants $103,500 · Revenue $26,510

  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM: THE JOSEPH BUSINESS SCHOOL (JBS) IS A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTION THAT EQUIPS ENTREPRENEURS AND INDIVIDUALS USING PRACTICAL AND BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO RAISE UP COMPANIES AND CREATE WEALTH TO TRANSFORM DESOLATE PLACES INTO FLOURISHING COMMUNITIES FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. JBS HAS A PERMIT OF APPROVAL BY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ILLINOIS BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE BUSINESS & VOCATIONAL DIVISION AND IS ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ACCET). 58 STUDENTS WERE COMPLETERS IN THE TWO, 2024 4-MONTH COHORTS ON THE CHICAGO CAMPUS IN A LIVE IN-PERSON AND LIVE INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED FEED OF EACH SATURDAY SESSION. 43 STUDENTS WERE COMPLETERS IN THE TWO, 2024 4-MONTH COHORTS ONLINE MODALITY WHERE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK

    Expenses $717,049 · Grants $37,050 · Revenue $532,058

  • BUSINESS INCUBATOR & OTHER: THE JOSEPH CENTER HAS A BUSINESS OFFICE CENTER TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW COST AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICES, A CONFERENCE CENTER AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR START-UP BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $682,180 · Revenue $36,554

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.

  • DELORIS THOMAS

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND COO

    Total calculated
    $234,200
    From this org
    $196,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,473
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,230
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,243
    Filer's total
    $234,200

  • WILLIAM WINSTON

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • BELINDA WHITFIELD

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JAY PLOURDE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WILLIAM WALTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ERNEST BAKER

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MELISSA DUFF BROWN

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $137,906
    From this org
    $120,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,545
    Hours/week
    40

  • ARTHUR R THOMAS

    DEAN OF ONLINE JBS

    Total calculated
    $110,283
    From this org
    $110,283
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,315,160
    Expenses
    $3,308,863
    Contributions
    $2,716,837
    Grants paid
    $140,550
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,258,021
    Expenses
    $4,223,460
    Contributions
    $3,369,124
    Grants paid
    $667,185
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,950,516
    Expenses
    $2,970,738
    Contributions
    $3,795,860
    Grants paid
    $34,932

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
    $2,521,570
    Expenses
    $2,387,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $745,763

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,424,042
    Expenses
    $2,246,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $598,078

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,189,651
    Expenses
    $2,232,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $395,858

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,073,010
    Expenses
    $2,040,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $455,487

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,639,802
    Expenses
    $1,611,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,431

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,417,533
    Expenses
    $1,477,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $382,159

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,320,948
    Expenses
    $1,196,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,345

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,201,144
    Expenses
    $1,135,514
    Assets (EOY)
    $310,965

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,040,542
    Expenses
    $1,080,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $252,500

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,128,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $266,171

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

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Grants received

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