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CHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC

EIN 37-0805566 ALTON, IL

Revenue 2024
$33,759,154
Expenses 2024
$33,864,494

Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J30Z
Classification
2000
Street
4 EMMIE L KAUS LN

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDING JOB AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES AND DIRECT EMPLOYMENT TO PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES.

  • VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - PROVIDE DISABLED PEOPLE WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF ABILITIES AND A SKILLED TRAINING PROGRAM TO PREPARE THEM FOR COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT.

    Expenses $25,029,229

  • DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING SERVICES - PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND LIFE SKILLS TO SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE.

    Expenses $2,996,444

  • COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE - PROVIDE THE MENTALLY ILL WITH WORK AND ON THE JOB TRAINING IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM WITH EMPLOYERS AND REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HOSPITALIZATION.

    Expenses $703,185

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.

  • Jim Kasten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rose Gibson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Concannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Orrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Morrissey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bret Berigan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Cooke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Malone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joni Lombardo

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yancho Gerdjikov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cokeisha Van Hook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlotte Hammond

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $325,359
    From this org
    $302,496
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,863
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,496
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,863
    Filer's total
    $325,359
  • Andrew Esterer

    EXECUTIVE VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $194,904
    From this org
    $178,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,606
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,298
    Filer's total
    $194,904
  • Diane Tebbe

    VP OF RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS

    Total calculated
    $133,604
    From this org
    $122,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,806
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,798
    Filer's total
    $133,604
  • April Santos

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $162,865
    From this org
    $140,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,283
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,283
    Filer's total
    $162,865
  • Jonathan Becker

    EXECUTIVE VP OF PROGRAM SE

    Total calculated
    $125,038
    From this org
    $114,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,240
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,798
    Filer's total
    $125,038

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $33,759,154
    Expenses
    $33,864,494
    Contributions
    $209,840
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,756,645
    Expenses
    $31,679,973
    Contributions
    $600,501
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $30,166,842
    Expenses
    $30,669,758
    Contributions
    $633,333
    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
    $27,029,176
    Expenses
    $30,634,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,551,518
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,492,985
    Expenses
    $27,738,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,030,108
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,649,017
    Expenses
    $27,524,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,463,262
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,687,629
    Expenses
    $26,802,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,010,971
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,362,738
    Expenses
    $26,396,637
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,103,018
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,287,266
    Expenses
    $24,462,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,803,249
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,249,094
    Expenses
    $22,652,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,806,468
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,047,045
    Expenses
    $21,640,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,067,275
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,598,119
    Expenses
    $22,503,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,332,682
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $23,027,147
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,152,690

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

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.