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THINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK

EIN 81-3812257 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$1,323,152
Expenses 2024
$1,242,435

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
6613 S HERMITAGE AVE

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

Think Outside Da Block aims to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged youth & build healthy communities. To achieve this objective we must address the root causes of social norms and health including but not limited to environmental and economic development.

  • These concentrated efforts consist of community engagement activities activating public spaces connecting community members to resources large community events and restorative justice practices.

    Expenses $355,417

  • Think Outside Da Block provides employment opportunities for youth teaches them financial literacy and helps them develop essential life skills to prepare for adulthood and success in the real world.

    Expenses $349,312

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.

  • Maurice Perkins

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Charice McCullum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shajuanda Brewer

    Director

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,323,152
    Expenses
    $1,242,435
    Contributions
    $1,323,152
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $783,650
    Expenses
    $685,659
    Contributions
    $783,650
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $225,777
    Expenses
    $270,200
    Contributions
    $225,777
    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
    $267,959
    Expenses
    $198,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,286

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $267,959
    Expenses
    $198,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,286

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 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Lyana Funches
Mailing address
PO Box 368221Chicago IL 60621
Website
www.thinkoutsidedablock.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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.