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CREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES

EIN 27-3693233 KANSAS CITY, MO

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Revenue 2025
$3,483,870
Expenses 2025
$2,514,419

Program services were 96.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P51
Classification
1000
Street
3125 GILLHAM PLZ

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Dedicated to empowering low to moderate income individuals and families with the knowledge skills and confidence necessary for long-term financial & homeownership success.

  • Our organization provides HUD-approved housing financial and credit education counseling and coaching to individuals and families. Through our services we aim to empower our clients with the knowledge skills and confidence needed to make informed decisions about their housing and financial situations. Additionally we offer down payment assistance to help individuals achieve their goal of homeownership

    Expenses $2,106,548 · Grants $841,137

  • Porter House KC is an established program of the organization in operation for over five years providing business education mentorship training and incubator services to minority entrepreneurs and small business owners in underserved urban core neighborhoods of Kansas City. During 2025 the program expanded significantly in scope and activity with total program expenses of 318,477. Beginning in 2025 the organization is separately reporting Porter House KC as a distinct program service on Form 990 Part III Line 4b to reflect its growth and the increased materiality of program activities. The program directly supports the organizations mission by building economic capacity within the same communities served by CHESs HUD-approved housing counseling activities.

    Expenses $318,477

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Coley Williams

    President

    Total calculated
    $177,000
    From this org
    $177,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $177,000

  • Ron Farmer

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $177,000
    From this org
    $177,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $177,000

  • Cynthia Anderson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruby Adams

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Harper

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,483,870
    Expenses
    $2,514,419
    Contributions
    $3,471,535
    Grants paid
    $841,137
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,665,348
    Expenses
    $2,874,236
    Contributions
    $3,657,691
    Grants paid
    $1,421,620
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,003,281
    Expenses
    $2,345,109
    Contributions
    $3,003,281
    Grants paid
    $1,270,466
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,586,154
    Expenses
    $4,078,634
    Contributions
    $4,586,154
    Grants paid
    $2,647,034

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
    $2,995,158
    Expenses
    $1,914,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,920,481

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Coley Williams
Mailing address
1828 Walnut Suite 816Kansas City MO 64108
Website
www.chesinc.org
Doing business as
CHES Inc

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2020.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.