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CHICAGO CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER

EIN 36-4251865 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$8,673,561
Expenses 2023
$8,862,999

Program services were 76.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I72
Classification
1000
Street
1240 S DAMEN 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 · 2023

Mission

THE CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER UNITES PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ABUSED CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARTNERING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ABUSED CHILDREN.

  • CASE COORDINATION PROGRAM - CHICAGOCAC COORDINATED 1,756 MULTIDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATIONS INTO REPORTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, TRAFFICKING, WITNESS TO VIOLENCE, AND RISK OF HARM CASES. 1,538 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS WERE PERFORMED. INVESTIGATIONS OFTEN REQUIRE CHILDREN TO BE INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE INCIDENT OF ABUSE AND SOMETIMES CHILDREN RECEIVE A FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAM. CASE COORDINATORS CONTACT PARENTS TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS FOR THESE EVENTS AND SPEAK WITH EACH FAMILY ABOUT HISTORIES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND NEEDS RELATED TO LANGUAGE AND DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $2,971,747 · Grants $149,149 · Revenue $24,069

  • MENTAL HEALTH - CHICAGOCAC PROVIDED 5,976 HOURS OF THERAPY TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS. OUR CLINICIANS PROVIDE CRISIS COUNSELING, TALK THERAPY, ART THERAPY, AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE SPECIFICALLY TARGET CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $3,091,767

  • ADVOCACY - CHICAGOCAC PROVIDED ADVOCACY AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 1,582 NEW FAMILIES. ADVOCATES WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO COME TO THE CENTER. THEY EXPLAIN AND GUIDE PARENTS THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION AND LEGAL PROCESS, ASSESS EACH FAMILY'S NEEDS, PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND COUNSELING, AND REFER CHILDREN AND CARETAKERS TO OTHER NEEDED SERVICES IN THE FAMILY'S COMMUNITY OR AT THE CENTER.

    Expenses $704,144

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Melissa Washington

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kahlil Hogan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erik Severinghaus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Dougherty

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mauricio Arroyave

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlies Carruth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rukiya Curvey Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Omar Daghestani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Daley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Duke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Hamlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Kenney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Klein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Roark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Virginia Seggerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mara Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Hoss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rushda Mustafa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Janice Jackson

    DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irika Sargent

    DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maximiliano Trotz

    DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherriser Trotz

    DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Char Rivette

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $252,029
    From this org
    $209,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,059
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,642
    Filer's total
    $252,029
  • Michelle Swenson

    CHIEF FINANCE & OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $164,100
    From this org
    $160,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,950
    Filer's total
    $164,100

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
    $8,673,561
    Expenses
    $8,862,999
    Contributions
    $8,697,113
    Grants paid
    $149,149
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,072,090
    Expenses
    $8,897,281
    Contributions
    $8,182,486
    Grants paid
    $178,412

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
    $8,564,182
    Expenses
    $8,576,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,384,720
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,184,859
    Expenses
    $8,103,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,332,009
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,297,657
    Expenses
    $6,617,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,802,409
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,099,217
    Expenses
    $6,555,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,591,370
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,979,421
    Expenses
    $6,800,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,830,711
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,908,483
    Expenses
    $5,779,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,231,750
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,242,130
    Expenses
    $5,526,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,300,758
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,862,143
    Expenses
    $5,260,548
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,439,056
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,491,694
    Expenses
    $5,076,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,723,680
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,805,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,259,020

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

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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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.