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COMMUNITIES UNITED

EIN 36-4394374 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2025
$1,729,877
Expenses 2025
$3,221,083

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
4600 W PALMER ST

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 · 2025

Mission

COMMUNITIES UNITED IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, AND INCREASE POSITIVE INVESTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE.

  • THE HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE INITIATIVE IS A PROJECT FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING YOUTH LEADERSHIP TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY-LED STRATEGIES AND HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, HEALING AND SYSTEMS CHANGE.

    Expenses $1,486,574 · Grants $352,500

  • VOYCE (VOICES OF YOUTH IN CHICAGO EDUCATION) IS A CITYWIDE YOUTH ORGANIZING COLLABORATION. VOYCE DEFINES ITS EFFORTS AS STUDENT-LED, BASED ON THE CORE BELIEF THAT THE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, NEED TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES PARENT LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION EFFORTS.

    Expenses $746,385

  • THE GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHICAGO.

    Expenses $305,782

  • BIKES N' ROSES IS A YOUTH-LED BICYCLE COOPERATIVE THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BIKE SAFETY, AND BIKE ADVOCACY. COMMUNITIES UNITED ALSO HAS A WELDING AND WOOD-WORKING COMPONENT TO ITS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $298,054 · Revenue $5,042

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • ROXANNE SMITH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,500
    From this org
    $6,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE LIMAS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL BROWN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD KHONG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SYED MAHMOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAUL BOTELLO

    CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,423
    From this org
    $122,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,343
    Hours/week
    40

  • JENNIFER ARWADE

    CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,005
    From this org
    $114,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,116
    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,729,877
    Expenses
    $3,221,083
    Contributions
    $1,683,348
    Grants paid
    $352,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,616,989
    Expenses
    $3,582,242
    Contributions
    $2,549,842
    Grants paid
    $433,148
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,443,279
    Expenses
    $2,964,019
    Contributions
    $10,457,386
    Grants paid
    $118,068

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
    $2,755,023
    Expenses
    $2,286,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,735,245

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,674,758
    Expenses
    $1,969,548
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,126,220

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,772,600
    Expenses
    $1,710,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,395,906

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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.