THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P86

Classification

1000

Street

1850 W ROOSEVELT RD

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.

• CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIES

  EIN 47-5665042

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE CONTACT CENTERS PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND STATE AGENCIES, CREATING MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, HAVE DISABILITIES, OR ARE VETERANS.

  Expenses $31,286,551 · Grants $185,355 · Revenue $42,746,054

• THE SANDY AND RICK FORSYTHE CENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE VISION CARE, THE BERGMAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT, THE PANGERE PARTNERSHIP FOR INHERITED RETINAL DISEASES, AND THE HILTON CENTER FOR PROSTHETIC VISION REHABILITATION PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC, REHABILITATIVE, PSYCHOLOGICAL, CLINICAL OPTOMETRIC, MOBILITY, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF LOW VISION AND BLINDNESS. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES AT THE LIGHTHOUSE AND AT A NUMBER OF SATELLITE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA. DOCTORS AND THERAPISTS ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN THE FIELD OF LOW VISION.

  Expenses $3,343,814 · Revenue $817,191

• PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INCLUDE: THE EARLY INTERVENTION/ENRICHMENT, THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AND THE YOUTH TRANSITIONS PROGRAM, ALL OF WHICH, TOGETHER, PROVIDE SERVICES AND/OR OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN AND TEENS, WHO ARE MULTI-DISABLED, AND/OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND, FROM BIRTH THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD, AS WELL AS TO THEIR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $3,557,730 · Revenue $2,727,403

• THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE AND FUNDED THROUGH THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM ALSO RECEIVES AN IN-KIND GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND. INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES INCLUDE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE INDEPENDENT LIVING FUNCTIONS IN THE HOME, WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. LIGHTHOUSE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES/VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, LOW VISION, OTHER DISABILITIES OR VETERANS AS THEY PREPARE FOR AND SECURE EMPLOYMENT. THE FORSYTHE ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER PROVIDES BUSINESS STARTUP EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHO WANT TO TURN THEIR PRODUCT OR SERVICE IDEA INTO A REAL BUSINESS.

  Expenses $5,272,450 · Grants $35,708 · Revenue $612,189

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $60,119,828

  Expenses

  $54,078,537

  Contributions

  $12,385,309

  Grants paid

  $221,063

• 2023

  Revenue

  $45,351,225

  Expenses

  $43,727,612

  Contributions

  $10,020,894

  Grants paid

  $252,146

• 2022

  Revenue

  $39,685,093

  Expenses

  $39,601,686

  Contributions

  $11,976,787

  Grants paid

  $1,014,136

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

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $50,291,014

  Expenses

  $39,251,887

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,702,407

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,554,444

  Expenses

  $37,978,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,590,416

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $37,019,947

  Expenses

  $39,905,365

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,418,524

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,807,782

  Expenses

  $44,013,893

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,095,772

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $41,213,371

  Expenses

  $41,471,249

  Assets (EOY)

  $31,163,368

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

• CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIES

  $0

  2023 · TO FUND CONTINUED OPERATIONS

• CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIES

  $0

  2024 · TO FUND CONTINUED OPERATIONS

• CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE INDUSTRIES

  $0

  2022 · TO FUND CONTINUED OPERATIONS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $650,450

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $426,931

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $224,426

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND MERCHANTS

  $219,250

  2024 · PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE

• FORGOOD INC

  $181,437

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION

  $180,000

  2022 · FOR THE VETERANS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT PROJECT AND ILLINOIS JOINING FORCES CARE COORDINATION CENTER, FOR THE YOUTH TRANSITION PROGRAM

• FORGOOD INC

  $144,096

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND MERCHANTS

  $126,000

  2023 · PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $125,843

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

  $108,988

  2023 · Training

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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