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CASA ESPERANZA PROJECT

EIN 36-3909531 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2025
$429,994
Expenses 2025
$373,511

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L20
Classification
1200
Street
8801 S SAGINAW 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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF CASA ESPERANZA IS TO ESTABLISH MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG ALL PEOPLE, SO THAT THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING, ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND THE NEEDIEST IS RECOGNIZED. THUS, THE CASA ESPERANZA PROJECT WAS STARTED AS A MEANS TO RESTORE AND SUPPORT THE DIGNITY OF HOMELESS PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR HUMAN POTENTIAL.

  • TRANSITIONAL HOUSING & SUPPORTIVE SERVICESCASA ESPERANZA PROJECT PROVIDED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO 21 WOMEN AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DURING 2025. THE PROGRAM DELIVERED AN ESTIMATED 7,6008,000 DAYS OF SAFE, STABLE HOUSING AND OFFERED APPROXIMATELY 500 CASE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS, 150 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SESSIONS, AND 4555 LIFESKILLS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, PARENTING, AND DOMESTICVIOLENCE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS. SERVICES FOCUSED ON STABILIZING FAMILIES, INCREASING SAFETY, AND SUPPORTING PROGRESS TOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT. SEVERAL RESIDENTS ACHIEVED KEY MILESTONES INCLUDING GED COMPLETION, CNA AND PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATIONS, AND JOB PLACEMENT, WITH MULTIPLE FAMILIES TRANSITIONING SUCCESSFULLY INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Expenses $212,515

  • YOUTH ENRICHMENT & MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTCASA ESPERANZA PROJECT PROVIDED WEEKLY YOUTH ENRICHMENT AND SOCIALEMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS RESIDING IN THE PROGRAM, TOTALING AN ESTIMATED 175200 CONTACT HOURS IN 2025. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TUTORING, ARTS PROGRAMMING, MENTORING, AND AGEAPPROPRIATE THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY CLINICIANS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE YOUTH PROGRAM IS TO STRENGTHEN EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LONGTERM STABILITY FOR CHILDREN IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND TRAUMA. LONGTERM GOALS INCLUDE EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE EMERGING HOPE FORWARD PROGRAM.

    Expenses $60,719

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ALUMNI SUPPORT & ACCESSIBILITY SERVICESCASA ESPERANZA PROJECT EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALUMNI SUPPORT EFFORTS DURING 2025, PROVIDING MONTHLY RESOURCE EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFITED AN ESTIMATED 100145 INDIVIDUALS BEYOND CURRENT RESIDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OFFERED INTERPRETIVE SERVICES FOR DEAF AND HARDOFHEARING RESIDENTS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ALL PROGRAMMING. ALUMNI RECEIVED ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT CHECKINS, REFERRALS, AND COMMUNITYBUILDING ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LONGTERM HOUSING STABILITY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

    Expenses $30,359

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.

  • Jean Kielty

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sally Brennan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colleen Caron

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Ellen Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Michalek

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Schlatholt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ramona Collins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maiesha K Baptiste

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Cunnea

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan Mendoza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Enid Wells

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elaine Seaton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,515
    From this org
    $76,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
    $429,994
    Expenses
    $373,511
    Contributions
    $416,987
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $284,474
    Expenses
    $308,947
    Contributions
    $266,302
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $125,305
    Expenses
    $129,547
    Contributions
    $123,083
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $194,133
    Expenses
    $174,033
    Contributions
    $179,625
    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
    $245,654
    Expenses
    $246,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $204,819

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $341,358
    Expenses
    $178,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $209,048

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $56,689
    Expenses
    $92,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $217,692

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $299,778
    Expenses
    $79,537
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,110

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $82,047
    Expenses
    $88,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,637

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $80,387
    Expenses
    $93,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,044

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $87,229
    Expenses
    $102,603
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,250

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $125,206
    Expenses
    $118,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,626

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $103,713
    Expenses
    $96,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,047

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $41,591
    Expenses
    $67,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,172

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.