CHICAGO LIGHTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T30

Classification

1000

Street

126 E CHESTNUT ST

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 · 2023

• CHICAGO LIGHTS TUTORING MATCHES 300 STUDENTS ONE TO ONE WITH CARING VOLUNTEER MENTORS TO HELP THEM BUILD ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS, GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND PURSUE MEANINGFUL CAREERS.

  Expenses $602,448 · Grants $105,146

• THE CHICAGO LIGHTS SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER HELPS 1,173 ADULTS ACHIEVE INDIVIDUAL GOALS THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT AND ENRICHMENT GROUPS, PLUS APPOINTMENTS FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER RESOURCES.

  Expenses $518,136 · Grants $74,059

• THE CHICAGO LIGHTS URBAN FARM IS DEDICATED TO CULTIVATING A THOUGHTFUL AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY OF YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCAL, AFFORDABLE, AND SUSTAINABLY GROWN PRODUCE. IT ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE SANCTUARY AND PROGRAMS FOR 252 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TO LEARN ABOUT URBAN AGRICULTURE.

  Expenses $343,746 · Revenue $19,155

• CHICAGO LIGHTS SUMMER DAY BRIDGES THE SUMMER LEARNING AND SAFETY GAP FOR 100 STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-6 BY ENGAGING THEM IN A SIX-WEEK, FULLDAY PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ACADEMIC AND ARTS CLASSES, OUTDOOR RECREATION, FIELD TRIPS, AND A DYNAMIC FINAL PERFORMANCE WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE STUDENTS.

  Expenses $205,972 · Revenue $18,697

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.

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

  $2,507,544

  Expenses

  $2,172,617

  Contributions

  $2,594,398

  Grants paid

  $179,205

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,389,720

  Expenses

  $2,470,546

  Contributions

  $2,490,485

  Grants paid

  $210,320

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

  $2,625,626

  Expenses

  $2,246,524

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,427,932

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,685,055

  Expenses

  $2,384,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $997,898

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,320,150

  Expenses

  $2,520,999

  Assets (EOY)

  $876,886

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,378,137

  Expenses

  $2,401,151

  Assets (EOY)

  $897,257

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,516,349

  Expenses

  $2,222,960

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,025,145

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,305,049

  Expenses

  $2,284,416

  Assets (EOY)

  $723,423

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,346,345

  Expenses

  $2,196,555

  Assets (EOY)

  $985,426

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,114,735

  Expenses

  $1,932,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $763,481

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,895,365

  Expenses

  $1,819,618

  Assets (EOY)

  $582,374

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,706,054

  Assets (EOY)

  $423,591

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

• FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

  $55,800

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT TO BENEFIT LRCC (COUNSELING CENTER)

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Grants received

• NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE

  $180,000

  2023 · ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $156,881

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FOREFRONT

  $150,000

  2023 · CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE

  $150,000

  2024 · Support for the unhoused

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $138,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $60,345

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $56,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $33,105

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $30,684

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $25,610

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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.

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