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EIN 36-3666952 TINLEY PARK, IL

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Revenue 2024
$3,281,452
Expenses 2024
$3,253,119

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20Z
Classification
1000
Street
17010 OAK PARK 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 · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION BRIDGES THE GAP FOR CHICAGO SOUTHLAND RESIDENTS IN TEMPORARY CRISIS BY PROVIDING FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING AND REFERRALS, EMPOWERING THEM TO RETURN TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. ITS MISSION IS ESSENTIALLY TWOFOLD. FIRST, TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE POOR AND NEEDY. SECONDLY, THE ORGANIZATION ACTS AS A CONDUIT IN THE BROADER NETWORK OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A FOOD PANTRY FIVE DAYS A WEEK LOCATED ON ITS PREMISES, PROVIDING A WEEK'S WORTH OF GROCERIES AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS TO RESIDENTS IN NEED FROM 26 CHICAGO SOUTH SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES. THE STAFF IS ASSISTED BY A LARGE VOLUNTEER FORCE, WHICH DONATED 2,426 HOURS OF SERVICE THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, 17,289 CLIENTS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM THE FOOD PANTRY. FAMILIES RECEIVED CANNED AND BOXED FOOD, BREAD, MEAT OR POULTRY OR FISH AS AVAILABLE AND PRODUCE (IN SEASON). ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED DURING THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASONS IN THE FORM OF COMPLETE HOLIDAY MEALS. FURTHER ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT OF SESSION AND CHILDREN NEED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN THE HOME.

    Expenses $1,285,958 · Grants $962,105

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR CHICAGO SOUTHLAND RESIDENTS IN TEMPORARY CRISIS BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY PAYMENTS FOR RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES SO THAT THE FAMILIES CAN REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND NOT BECOME HOMELESS. 989 CLIENTS BENEFITED FROM THE CLIENT/VOUCHERS PROGRAM. CHILDREN GET SPECIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE BACK-TO- SCHOOL PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY RECEIVE NEW BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, RELIEVING THEIR FAMILIES OF THOSE COSTS. 341 PARTICIPANTS BENEFITED FROM THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM. CHILDREN AGAIN ARE AIDED DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH THE SANTA'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES TOYS, PAJAMAS, HATS, SCARVES, AND MITTENS. 542 CLIENTS BENEFITED FROM THE SANTA'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM. MANY FAMILIES ALSO RECEIVE FREE CLOTHING, FURNITURE, AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS FROM THE AGENCY'S RESALE SHOP. FOR THE YEAR-ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED TO MORE THAN 321 INDIVIDUALS FOR THE HOUSING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,420,412 · Grants $810,052

  • THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATES IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S "FAMILIES FIRST" PROGRAM PROVIDING TO HOMELESS PARENTS BOTH HOUSING AND GUIDANCE IN LEARNING BASIC LIFE SKILLS. THIS CRITICAL SUPPORT HELPS HOMELESS PARENTS TO SUCCEED AT RAISING AND SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, SUPPORT FOR 307 PERSONS WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING RENT, FOOD, FURNITURE, TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS.

    Expenses $113,339

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.

  • Frank Trombley

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Patrick

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick McKernan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Glotz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dominic Kowalczyk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edward Hassan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Idavia Stack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathryn Straniero

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $133,123
    From this org
    $133,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $3,281,452
    Expenses
    $3,253,119
    Contributions
    $2,927,390
    Grants paid
    $1,784,464
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,358,538
    Expenses
    $1,921,584
    Contributions
    $1,662,263
    Grants paid
    $615,996
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,943,355
    Expenses
    $2,705,139
    Contributions
    $2,316,526
    Grants paid
    $1,412,325

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
    $2,775,892
    Expenses
    $2,706,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,352,892

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,495,521
    Expenses
    $2,406,178
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,300,198

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,129,752
    Expenses
    $2,865,150
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,225,986

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

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 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.