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COMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY

EIN 82-4863904 DOWNERS GROVE, IL

Revenue 2023
$831,618
Expenses 2023
$1,040,584

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
3500 LACEY ROAD SUITE 100

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

Mission

COMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY'S MISSION IS TO UNLOCK PEOPLE'S POTENTIAL BY HELPING THEM LAUNCH AND GROW THEIR CAREERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AS A NON-PROFIT, WE TRAIN AND PREPARE ADULTS FOR CERTIFICATION AND SUCCESS IN IT JOBS TO ADDRESS AN (SEE SCH O) INDUSTRY SHORTAGE OF SKILLED IT PROFESSIONALS, A SHORTAGE NOTED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. OUR SOLE MOTIVATION IS TO HELP STUDENTS LAND AND THRIVE IN IT JOBS IN ORDER TO GROW THE TECH WORKFORCE. COMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY IS A NONPROFIT SUBSIDIARY OF CREATING IT FUTURES FOUNDATION, A 501(C)3 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. CREATING IT FUTURES, IN TURN, IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE NONPROFIT, INTERNATIONAL TECH TRADE ASSOCIATION, COMPTIA, HEADQUARTERED IN DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CTCA STUDIES THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND WORKFORCE, AND LEVERAGES THOSE INSIGHTS (SEE SCH O) TO PRODUCE DATA-DRIVEN, SMART SOLUTIONS, POLICIES, AND METHODOLOGIES TO ENSURE A PRODUCTIVE, VIABLE, AND EQUITABLE 21ST CENTURY. CTCA LOOKS AT NEW TECHNOLOGY JOB CREATION TRENDS FOR BOTH DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE WORKERS; EXPLORES HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES MIGHT BE CREATING EFFICIENCIES AND OPENING UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING WORKERS; AND WHAT FISCAL AND SOCIAL POLICIES ARE NEEDED TO BOTH FACILITATE AND EASE THE TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL BLUE COLLAR JOBS TO "NEW COLLAR" JOBS.

  • AT COMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU LAND, AND SUCCEED IN, AN IT JOB. WE TRAIN STUDENTS WITH LITTLE-TO-NO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE AND GIVE YOU THE TECHNICAL AND SOFT SKILLS TO LAUNCH YOUR CAREER.

    Expenses $1,040,584 · Revenue $831,618

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.

  • TODD THIBODEAUX

    CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,834,149
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,800,488
    Other
    $33,661
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $746,757 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $908,339 related
    Other
    $0 + $145,392 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,961 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,834,149 related

  • BRIAN LAFFEY

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $427,929
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $392,868
    Other
    $35,061
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,757 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $178,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,611 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,929 related

  • COURTNEY FONG

    CEO, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $373,542
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $346,269
    Other
    $27,273
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $183,774 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $157,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,995 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,912 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $373,542 related

  • JEAN LIU

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $228,490
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $206,514
    Other
    $21,976
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $121,106 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $79,020 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,388 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,615 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,361 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $228,490 related

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
    $831,618
    Expenses
    $1,040,584
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,354,968
    Expenses
    $7,363,079
    Contributions
    $6,303,446
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,883,037
    Expenses
    $11,434,923
    Contributions
    $8,278,525
    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
    $5,424,881
    Expenses
    $6,988,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,728,852

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,155,225
    Expenses
    $4,348,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,451,675

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $750,000
    Expenses
    $405,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $403,987

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.

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 2023 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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.