WHATS YOUR FORTE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B90

Classification

2100

Street

303 EAST WACKER DRIVE

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.

• ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOR DISPLACED IMMIGRANTS

  EIN 46-1374353

• INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS

  EIN 36-3256096

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN 2013, MATT FORTE, ALL PRO RUNNING BACK FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS ESTABLISHED THE MATT FORTE FOUNDATION WITH HIS CO-FOUNDER AND WIFE DANIELLE FORTE AFTER LEARNING THAT 14.7 % OF CHICAGO'S HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE INCARCERATED, AND NEARLY 42,000 TEENS DID NOT RECEIVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, AND TO MEET THE EVER-GROWING NEED FOR WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT IN SOUTHSIDE AND WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO, THE FOUNDATION EXPANDED PROGRAMMING FROM SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TO DIRECTLY FACILITATING ONGOING PROGRAMMING IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, MENTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE EVOLUTION TO HIGHLY VARIED, DIRECTLY OPERATED PROGRAMMING. MOTIVATED THE NAME CHANGE FROM "MATT FORTE FOUNDATION" TO "WHAT'S YOUR FORTE FOUNDATION," AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY. THE WHAT'S YOUR FORTE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO INVEST IN THE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND PURPOSEFUL RELATIONSHIPS. OUR VISION IS TO BE A POWERFUL LEVER FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, THAT FACILITATES TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH & WEST SIDES OF CHICAGO. WE DO THIS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, ROBUST ENGAGEMENT, AND A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. THE FOUNDATION HOLISTICALLY SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST ABOUT PROGRAMS BUT COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS. IT HAS BEEN OUR CHARGE TO SEEK OUT THE FORGOTTEN, DISCONNECTED (OPPORTUNITY YOUTH), AND MARGINALIZED. CENTERING OUR OUTREACH ON THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN THE MOST UNDERINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND UPLIFTING THE FAMILY UNIT AS A WHOLE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STRONG FAMILIES CAN TRANSFORM CULTURE IN POSITIVE WAYS THAT LAST FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY, MATT UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY AND HOW IT CHANGES LIVES FOR THE BETTER. MATT BELIEVES THAT THROUGH AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING AND YOUTH -FOCUSED EMPOWERMENT, SUCCESSFUL PATHWAYS CAN BE CHARTERED, AND A TRANSFORMATION OF STATISTICS AND FUTURES OF THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES CAN BE REALIZED.

  Expenses $90,127

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $171,585

  Expenses

  $111,321

  Contributions

  $206,771

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $124,617

  Expenses

  $100,320

  Contributions

  $144,765

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $120,856

  Expenses

  $111,139

  Contributions

  $120,856

  Grants paid

  $30,249

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-EZ

  Revenue

  $43,607

  Expenses

  $38,077

  Assets (EOY)

  $200,743

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $145,910

  Expenses

  $57,547

  Assets (EOY)

  $195,213

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $92,996

  Expenses

  $20,717

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,850

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 2018

Tax period

1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018

Principal officer

Show names as filed Matthew ForteMATTHEW FORTE

Mailing address

3050 K STREET NWWASHINGTON DC 20007

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

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $60,000

  2022 · GROWTH

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · GROWTH

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $10,000

  2024 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BOKA GIVES

  $8,907

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER

  $8,000

  2023 · UHI grant. Southland RISE Rapid Cycle to address violence prevention.

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $7,000

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

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