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ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS NETWORK

EIN 23-7375976 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$22,308,810
Expenses 2024
$23,018,669

Program services were 91.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
1807 W SUNNYSIDE

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

ASN IS COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE URBAN CHILDREN, YOUTHS, AND ADULTS WITH WELL-ROUNDED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS LEADING TO COLLEGE ENTRANCE AND/OR CAREER PATHS, WHICH FOSTER ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS NETWORK ("ASN") IS COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE URBAN CHILDREN, YOUTHS, AND ADULTS WITH WELL-ROUNDED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS LEADING TO COLLEGE ENTRANCE AND/OR CAREER PATHS, WHICH FOSTER ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

  • ASN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ("IDCFS"), HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM WITH 15 COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTHS WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ("GED") EQUIVALENT. THE YOUTH SCHOLARS, SKILLS, AND SERVICE PROGRAM ("YS3") DIRECTORY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH YOUTHS FROM AGES 16 THROUGH 21 IN THE CARE OF THE IDCFS, RESIDING IN SUCH PLACEMENTS AS TRADITIONAL FOSTER CARE, HOME OF A RELATIVE, INDEPENDENT LIVING, OR GROUP HOME. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHICAGO-AREA YOUTHS WHO ARE IN THE CARE OF THE IDCFS, ARE NOT ENROLLED IN AN EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES TO ATTAIN THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND BECOME INDEPENDENT AND PRODUCTIVE ADULTS. INTEGRAL COMPONENTS OF YS3 ARE STUDENT MENTORING, COLLEGE PLACEMENT, AND SUPPORT.

    Expenses $3,859,022 · Revenue $1,547

  • THE REENROLLED STUDENT PROGRAM ("RSP") IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASN AND THE ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD ("ICCB"). THE RSP PROVIDES EXPANDED ACADEMIC AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO OVER 450 OUT-OF-SCHOOL TEENS ANNUALLY THROUGH PROGRAMS CENTERED IN COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS CHICAGO. THE RSP FOCUSES ON GETTING STUDENTS REENROLLED AND SUPPORTING THEM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE AS THEY ATTAIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES AT A COLLEGE LEVEL OR PLACE INTO A JOB.

    Expenses $3,889,439 · Revenue $1,436

  • YOUTH EXPERIENCING SUCCESS PROVIDES ACADEMIC AND MENTORING AND CAREER PATHWAY SERVICES TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS. 11 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES OVER 200 STUDENTS CITYWIDE. STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AND LINKED TO AN ON-SITE MENTOR, WHO PROVIDES THEM WITH COUNSELING, ASSESSMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES, AND ADVOCACY. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS FOR EACH STUDENT TO OBTAIN ACADEMIC SUCCESS, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, AND FUTURE PLANNING AND ACHIEVEMENT. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP.

    Expenses $850,170 · Revenue $357

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE TITLE XX/COMPASS COUNSELING PROGRAM, THE FOSTERING LEARNING PROGRAM, ADDED CHANCE, THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS, THE CRITICAL HEALTH NETWORK, THE CHICAGO YOUTH SERVICE CORPS, ASNEWS, AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS, ONE SUMMER CHICAGO, THE OPPORTUNITY TIME PROGRAM, THE ILLINOIS YOUTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION, SCAN, YOUTH ENGAGE, THE LAUREUS SPORTS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, THE MAYOR'S MENTORING INITIATIVE, AND THE ASN PREPARATORY INSTITUTE.

    Expenses $12,457,028 · Revenue $5,114

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.

  • OYE KALE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD RUTSCHMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LASHAUN JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEISHA DAVIS JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALFREDO NAMBO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK WUEST

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $305,382
    From this org
    $305,382
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,382
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $305,382

  • MATRICE MANUEL

    ASISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,045
    From this org
    $156,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,045
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,045

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
    $22,308,810
    Expenses
    $23,018,669
    Contributions
    $22,298,689
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $24,525,589
    Expenses
    $24,870,013
    Contributions
    $24,460,187
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $21,170,535
    Expenses
    $20,410,600
    Contributions
    $20,103,393
    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
    $14,219,102
    Expenses
    $14,184,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,955,018

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,119,021
    Expenses
    $15,140,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,716,420

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,048,691
    Expenses
    $12,048,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,186,027

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,730,363
    Expenses
    $10,749,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,523,680

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,794,550
    Expenses
    $11,793,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,010,684

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,054,881
    Expenses
    $9,054,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,565,654

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,054,881
    Expenses
    $9,054,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,565,654

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,705,542
    Expenses
    $7,732,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,338,310

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,184,552
    Expenses
    $10,184,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,337,932

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,635,589
    Expenses
    $10,640,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,239,297

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

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.