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BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION

EIN 36-4407543 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$52,959
Expenses 2024
$69,969

Program services were 42.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B11
Classification
1000
Street
1501 N OAKLEY BLVD

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

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Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BARAT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO CONTINUE THE VALUES AND GROUND-BREAKING EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF BARAT COLLEGE.THE BARAT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION WORKED WITH A TEAM OF EDUCATORS ANDTECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS TO DEVELOP OUR AMERICAN VOICE A 21ST CENTURY MEDIA-RICH MODEL TO TEACH CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLESCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS TEACHER-FRIENDLY, IN SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL CURRICULUMIS INTEGRATED WITH INNOVATIVE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBINES PROVEN TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM APPROACHES, CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND THE ARTSTO EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BE PARTICIPATIVE CITIZENS IN THEIRCOMMUNITIES AND THEIR COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN 26 COMMUNITIESACROSS ILLINOIS WITH MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN 2023/24.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BARAT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A KEY PARTNER OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSTEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES CONSORTIUM SINCE 2004. BARAT'S TRACK RECORD AS A LIBRARY PARTNER IS SUBSTANTIAL AND STELLAR. IT HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 7,500TEACHERS IN THE USE OF THE LIBRARY'S RESOURCES ANDIMPACTED OVER 500,000 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, BARAT'S ON LINE PRIMARY SOURCE NEXUS WEBSITE IS ACCESSED BY EDUCATORS NATIONALLY AND IN 28 COUNTRIES. OUR CURRENT CORNERSTONE PROGRAMS ARE OUR AMERICAN VOICE (OAV), CITIZENS U AND THE CIVICS EDUCATOR MICRO-CREDENTIAL.

  • The Foundation developed and administers a program titled Our American Voice@ which is a project based learning initiative that links the basics of American history, government and civics with digital age technology and community involvement to educate, engage and empower middle-grade students to be participative citizens in their communities and make reasoned commitments to the core democratic values of the United States .Since 2009 when the program was established, OAV has been delivered by over 200 educators and after-school partners to more than 7,500 students. It is being implemented in 22 schools across IL for the 2023-2024 year. The students are diverse and 90% of them come from socially and economically disadvantaged communities.

    Expenses $18,657

  • The Foundation has been a partner in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources since 2007 and supports education programs, scholarships andcharitable contributions reflecting the traditions of Barat College that wasmerged into DePaul University in 2001.

    Expenses $10,695

  • BARAT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A KEY PARTNER OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSTEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES CONSORTIUM SINCE 2004.BARAT HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 7,500 TEACHERS IN THE USEOF THE LIBRARY'S RESOURCES AND IMPACTED OVER 500,000 STUDENTS.IN ADDITION, BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY SOURCE NEXUS WEBSITE IS ACCESSED BY EDUCATORS NATIONALLY AND IN 28 COUNTRIES.IN 2016,THE FOUNDATION WAS AWARDED A GRANT BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM CALLED CITIZEN U (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING TEACHERS ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES TO BECOME AGENTS OF CIVICENGAGEMENT. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CURRICULUM OF CITIZEN U IS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCES WHICH SERVE AS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CIVIC LEARNING AND CONTENT LEARNING USING PRIMARY SOURCES. CITIZEN U CURRICULUM IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF 200 LESSONS FOR GRADES 4-12 ACROSS THE CURRICULUM. THE INITIAL 31 LESSONS IN2018 WERE PILOT TESTED WITH MORE THAN 200 TEACHERS FROM 78 SCHOOLS IN 15 STATESWITH A TOTAL OF 4,680 STUDENTS. THE CITIZEN U LESSONS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON-LINE. IN 2019, THEY ARE BEING ROLLED OUT NATIONALLY. IT IS PROJECTED THAT 1,000 TEACHERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL USE THESE LESSONS.OUR LAST CURRENT CORNERSTONE PROGRAM IS THE CIVICS EDUCATOR MICRO-CREDENTIAL.

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.

  • Michael Dimengo

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Smith

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathleen Gillespie

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Evans

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen Ryan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Marie Burdulis

    Program Adm

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $52,959
    Expenses
    $69,969
    Contributions
    $100,549
    Grants paid
    $521
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $191,162
    Expenses
    $223,025
    Contributions
    $36,945
    Grants paid
    $721
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $194,260
    Expenses
    $211,977
    Contributions
    $39,057
    Grants paid
    $1,142

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
    $250,153
    Expenses
    $335,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $333,919
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $348,442
    Expenses
    $567,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $752,702
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $495,843
    Expenses
    $489,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $894,197
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $657,526
    Expenses
    $614,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $900,386
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $673,369
    Expenses
    $587,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $884,689
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $404,086
    Expenses
    $546,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $794,886
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $541,812
    Expenses
    $440,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $904,602
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $541,812
    Expenses
    $440,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $904,602
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,178
    Expenses
    $426,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $823,690
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $287,405
    Expenses
    $581,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $847,411

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.