COMMUNITY DESK CHICAGO

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S31

Classification

1000

Street

25 E WASHINGTON ST STE 1725

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1725). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

• COMMUNITY WEB

  EIN 33-4767366

Mission and programs · 2025

• Neighborhood Developers Initiative (NDI) - Real estate development capacity building for community-based nonprofits. NDI provides structured learning and technical coaching focused on building knowledge related to real estate development and creating the necessary strategic development plans to be successful. The initial $3M investment was leveraged to secure an additional $4.4M in capital grants and $2.7M in operating support. The program is currently operating in the Englewood, South Shore and Humboldt Park communities in Chicago.

  Expenses $244,416

• Wealth Our Way (WOW) - A new program launched in 2025 serving as the overarching initiative for shared ownership and wealth building models. The Desk's previous Community Investment Vehicle (CIV) programming is encompassed in this new initiative. These shared ownership models are emerging community development tools that help to support the revitalization of neighborhoods through real estate and small businesses. The City of Chicago seeded the WOW Capital Grant program with $4.1M to provide capital grants along with technical coaching to shared ownership models in Chicago. To date, $2.6M in capital grants were awarded. The Desk also supported an additional $1.6M in grants and loans for other shared ownership projects.

  Expenses $377,887

• CorridorLive! - Comprehensive redevelopment of commercial corridors in under-resourced communities. CorridorLive! is designed to reduce blight and high vacancy, increase local ownership and improve the quality of life for residents. The program coordinates the necessary capital and resources for corridor stabilization and long-term strategic property acquisitions to bring new products and services to the community. To date, $5.47M has been secured to support targeted corridors on the south and west side of Chicago.

  Expenses $237,063

• Budget and Bricks - Technical coaching and project navigation to assist entrepreneurs with purchasing and developing brick-and-mortar spaces in under-resourced neighborhoods. Budgets & Bricks is designed to scale businesses through property ownership, build generational wealth and improve the quality of life for residents by activating vacate storefronts. The program supports projects on the south and west sides of Chicago. To date, the Desk has supported 50 businesses and helped to secure $6.7M in capital grants and loans.

  Expenses $53,647

• The Community W.E.B. Program - In 2025, the Desk incubated The Community Wealth Ecosystem Builders (CWEB) for a one-year period. CWEB is a partner to the Desk and complements the WOW program. CWEB serves as a hub organization to coordinate, unify and propel the existing community wealth building ecosystem in Chicago, across four priority models: worker cooperatives, limited-equity housing cooperatives, community land trusts, and community investment vehicles. The WEB obtained its 501 (C)(3) status and transitioned from the Desk on December 31, 2025.

  Expenses $492,000

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.

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

  $2,462,835

  Expenses

  $1,644,802

  Contributions

  $2,455,635

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $608,118

  Expenses

  $780,351

  Contributions

  $602,000

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,194,282

  Expenses

  $246,251

  Contributions

  $2,000,000

  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.

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 CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $600,000

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

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $550,000

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

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $300,000

  2022 · Support of general operating for the launch and initial operations of Community Desk Chicago (The Desk) as a new 501(c)3 organization, formerly incubated at the Trust. Grant funds from the Searle funds at The Chicago Community Trust.

• ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2023 · NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INITIATIVE (NDI) PHASE II

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $50,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

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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