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TOGETHER CHICAGO INC

EIN 82-3256928 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$9,109,091
Expenses 2024
$4,767,449

Program services were 93.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1000
Street
200 W ADAMS ST STE 2950

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 · 2024

Mission

TOGETHER CHICAGO EXISTS TO BE A CATALYST FOR LASTING CHANGE BY REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND INCREASING THRIVING COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. WE CATALYZE FAITH, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO INSPIRE HOPE AND AFFECT PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OTOGETHER CHICAGO GREW IN BREADTH, SCOPE AND MATURITY THIS REPORTING YEAR IN ALL FIVE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM SERVICE AREAS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, VIOLENCE REDUCTION, GOSPEL JUSTICE, AND FAITH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION.IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE CULTIVATE ECONOMIC THRIVING THROUGH ENTREPRENEURIAL SCALING AND JOB CREATION. OVER THE LAST YEAR WE ASSISTED 30 MBE ENTREPRENEURS AND NONPROFITS IN THEIR STRATEGIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT HELPED CREATE 60 JOBS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE REBUILDING OF ECONOMIC STRENGTH ACROSS CHICAGO'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES. WE ARE ALSO CONVENING SECOND CHANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS TO EXPAND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETURNING CITIZENS. IN EDUCATION, WE INCREASE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN CHICAGO BY REMOVING BARRIERS THAT DISRUPT A QUALITY EDUCATION. WE ARE PROGRESSING TOWARD THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING 15% OF CHICAGO'S MOST SYSTEMICALLY UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH SUSTAINED MENTORING AND WRAP-AROUND CARE BY 2030. OUR SCHOOL-BASED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) PROGRAMS ARE CONNECTING OVER 200 STUDENTS WITH MENTORS FROM 50 LOCAL CHURCHES. IN THE PAST YEAR WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A TECHNICAL PLATFORM TO SUPPORT SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING AND ONBOARDED 250+ STUDENTS. TO DATE, OVER 3000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY OUR PROGRAMS AT 123 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH OUR LOVE YOUR SCHOOL INITIATIVE, AFTER-SCHOOL, AND IN-CLASSROOM PROGRAMS.IN VIOLENCE REDUCTION, WE REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH STREET OUTREACH, LIFE TRANSFORMATION PLANS, TRAUMA CARE, AND COLLABORATIVE PLACE-BASED PEACEMAKING EFFORTS. OUR IMPACT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PERCEIVED AS CHALLENGING. OUR 34 STREET OUTREACH PROFESSIONALS, VICTIM SERVICE ADVOCATES, AND CASE MANAGERS CONDUCT 1,360 CONNECTIONS, PROVIDE CONFLICT MEDIATION TO 30+ INCIDENTS, AND ASSIST OVER 340 PARTICIPANTS EACH MONTH WITH EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND HOUSING RESOURCES, HELPING PARTICIPANTS EMBARK ON HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE NEW LIVES. 40% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE CONNECTED TO JOBS AND 10% RECEIVE EXPUNGEMENTS. SHOOTINGS IN OUR SERVICE AREAS HAVE DECREASED 42% YEAR-OVER-YEAR.IN GOSPEL JUSTICE, WE PROVIDE QUALITY, AFFORDABLE LEGAL COUNSEL AND ADVICE FOR CIVIL MATTERS THROUGH LOCAL, CHURCH-BASED JUSTICE CENTERS. EACH OF OUR 17 GOSPEL JUSTICE CENTERS ARE FACILITATED BY A 5-7 PERSON VOLUNTEER TEAM COMPOSED OF LOCAL CONGREGANTS AND ATTORNEYS WHO OFFER MONTHLY ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CONSULTATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND COMPASSIONATE PRAYER. THESE SATURDAY MORNING LEGAL CLINICS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE OVER 700 CLIENTS EACH YEAR.IN FAITH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, WE FOSTER COLLABORATION BY COORDINATING SEASONAL RHYTHMS OF UNITED PRAYER AND COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG CHURCHES AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. OUR PREMIER CITY-WIDE PRAYER EVENT GATHERED 1,300 INDIVIDUALS FROM OVER 200 CONGREGATIONS. OUR SPRING TRAINING SERIES (BUILDING BLOCKS OF PEACE) MOBILIZED 188 LEADERS FROM OVER 50 CHURCHES, 23 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR THE WELLBEING OF CHICAGO. CHURCH LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HOSTED 60 UNITED PRAYER AND POSITIVE PRESENCE GATHERINGS THROUGH OUR MOST RECENT HAND ACROSS CHICAGO EVENT OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, RALLYING HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPANTS IN PRAYER AND ACTION ACROSS THE CITY.

    Expenses $4,452,580 · Grants $508,426 · Revenue $6,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • David A Dillon

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jon Dennis

    CHARIMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Charlie Dates

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brian Musso

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tom Formolo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Doig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bishop Horace Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Felecia Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shando Valdez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joi Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Allen

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $179,501
    From this org
    $128,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,229
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,272
    Filer's total
    $179,501

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
    $9,109,091
    Expenses
    $4,767,449
    Contributions
    $9,035,292
    Grants paid
    $508,426
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,059,384
    Expenses
    $3,053,756
    Contributions
    $2,986,895
    Grants paid
    $25,634
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,317,785
    Expenses
    $2,315,819
    Contributions
    $2,114,223
    Grants paid
    $5,950

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
    $2,000,334
    Expenses
    $1,854,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,365,182

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,446,287
    Expenses
    $1,406,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,194,529

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $826,366
    Expenses
    $840,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,537

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $488,000
    Expenses
    $442,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,730

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $187,893
    Expenses
    $100,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,354

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.