SAFER FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I400

Classification

1200

Street

571 W JACKSON BLVD

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• SAFER CORPORATE ENDOWMENT

  EIN 36-3262491

Mission and programs · 2023

• EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - provides individualized intake assessments, job readiness training, and industry-specific skills development for adults with arrest or conviction records. Participants are supported in securing employment in high-demand sectors such as technology, construction, solar energy, transportation and distribution, warehousing and logistics, finance and banking, healthcare, food service and hospitality, and advanced manufacturing. Safer's approach to building sustainable talent pipelines includes work-based learning opportunities, including pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship models that expand access to skilled trades careers for justice-impacted individuals. With the support of over 200 employer partners, Safer helps participants obtain and retain permanent employment. In addition to participant services, Safer provides dedicated support to employers. These services include tailored job matching, pre-screened candidate referrals, and ongoing post-placement follow-up to promote long-term retention and workplace success. Partnering with Safer gives employers access to a diverse, job-ready talent pool along with coaching and technical assistance. Services are delivered through the ASCEND Service Model, a holistic, evidence-based framework that addresses participants' comprehensive needs. In addition to employment services, participants receive case management, skills training, financial literacy, housing assistance, transportation support, and behavioral health services. These efforts empower individuals to build stronger futures while supporting employers in meeting their workforce needs. Services are made possible through collaboration with key stakeholders and funders, including WIOA Titles I-IV, Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity (IDCEO), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), Local Workforce Innovation Boards (LWIBs), the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor, Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC), Illinois and Iowa Departments of Corrections, and various municipalities, community foundations, and other community-based partners.

  Expenses $13,528,626 · Revenue $5,213,797

• SAFER FOUNDATION, AS A NONPROFIT PRIVATE AGENCY, OPERATES SECURE RESIDENTIAL WORK RELEASE CENTERS FOR THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. OUR TWO ADULT TRANSITION CENTERS (ATC'S) ARE WORK RELEASE FACILITIES WHICH ALLOW INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE THE FINAL 3 TO 30 MONTHS OF THEIR STATE PRISON SENTENCES IN A COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SELECTED PARTICIPANTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION INTO THE WORKFORCE, RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, AND REINTEGRATE INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE RELEASE, ULTIMATELY INCREASING THEIR CHANCES OF BECOMING SUCCESSFUL LAW- ABIDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE TWO ATC'S HAVE A COMBINED RECIDIVISM RATE OF 16.7%, WHICH IS THE LOWEST AMONG PRISONS & ATC'S IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. REDUCING RECIDIVISM DIRECTLY IMPACTS CRIME RATES. SERVICES OFFERED AT THE ATC'S INCLUDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, MEDICAL ASSISTANT TREATMENT, SAFER SKILLS TRAINING (SST), MENTORING, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TESTING, AND DEMAND SKILL VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IN ADDITION, NURSES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HEALTH CENTER ARE AVAILABLE AT EACH FACILITY. IN FY23, OVER 450 CLIENTS WERE SERVED AT THE TWO ADULT TRANSITION CENTERS. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID PANDEMIC RELATED IDOC DIRECTIVES, THE MOVEMENT OF NEW RESIDENTS FROM IDOC TO SAFER ATC'S WAS LOWER THAN NO-PANDEMIC YEARS. ON AVERAGE, 80 HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCIES ARE COMPLETED EACH YEAR, AND ATC RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN-DEMAND SKILL TRAINING PROGRAMS TO EARN INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS.

  Expenses $11,355,086 · Revenue $214,950

• BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - focuses on improving literacy for teenage youth and adults who have an arrest or criminal history, or are deemed at risk of justice system involvement, which can pose significant barriers to self-sufficiency. Safer aims to strengthen participants' skills in reading, math, and writing, which supports access to higher-wage employment opportunities. Long-term, Safer supports participants in earning their High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) and/or transitioning into postsecondary education or credential-based training programs. Educational services are delivered through direct instruction, tutoring, and digital learning platforms. To support learning and credentialing success, Safer offers remote learning options and serves as a Pearson VUE examination center for HSED testing. In Eastern Iowa, Safer operates as a satellite site of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, which administers official HSED testing and state examinations for participants in that region. These services are made possible through collaborative efforts with key stakeholders and funders, including WIOA Titles I-IV, Local Workforce Innovation Boards (LWIBs), the U.S. Department of Justice, Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC), Illinois Departments of Corrections, the State of Iowa, as well as various municipalities, community foundations, and other community-based partners.

  Expenses $1,597,207

• WELLNESS AND COUNSELING SUPPORTIVE REENTRY

  Expenses $581,258

• THE SUPPORTIVE REENTRY NETWORK COLLABORATIVE IS AN INTEGRATIVE REENTRY MODEL OFFERING ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS RETURNING HOME FROM INCARCERATION TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, PUBLIC BENEFIT ASSISTANCE, HOUSING, AND OTHER SERVICES (242), EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (INCLUDED) ASSISTANCE OBTAINING STATE IDS, SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS, RESUME WRITING, JOB REFERRALS, CLOTHING NEEDS(306), AND TRANSPORTATION SUPPORTS) (572) AND JOB STARTS (194).

  Expenses $297,564

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $32,460,355

  Expenses

  $33,819,574

  Contributions

  $26,972,297

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $39,151,800

  Expenses

  $36,317,606

  Contributions

  $34,306,283

  Grants paid

  $1,800,000

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

  $35,643,142

  Expenses

  $36,513,148

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,156,047

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,693,039

  Expenses

  $30,293,766

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,705,862

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $31,677,266

  Expenses

  $31,860,163

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,229,838

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $29,044,832

  Expenses

  $30,584,195

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,971,074

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,289,049

  Expenses

  $27,450,071

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,263,551

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,335,614

  Expenses

  $25,524,056

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,987,418

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,173,970

  Expenses

  $23,170,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,139,400

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,228,382

  Expenses

  $23,415,576

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,104,749

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,554,886

  Expenses

  $20,614,703

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,333,281

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $21,002,164

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,961,617

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

• SAFER CORPORATE ENDOWMENT

  $1,800,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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Grants received

• SAFER CORPORATE ENDOWMENT

  $1,888,961

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• SAFER CORPORATE ENDOWMENT

  $1,703,400

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $441,859

  2022 · HOPES Program

• ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION

  $405,000

  2023 · VARIOUS PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST

  $250,000

  2023 · INCUBATION, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT/WOMEN'S JUSTICE INSTITUTE (WJI) CRIMINALIZED SURVIVORS INITIATIVE

• MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST

  $150,000

  2022 · CRIMINALIZED SURVIVORS INITIATIVE

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $130,000

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

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $130,000

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

• THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $113,594

  2023 · HOPES Program

• UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC

  $64,248

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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