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ROLE MODEL MOVEMENT INC NFP

EIN 46-2272700 CHICAGO, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2024
$2,578,432
Expenses 2024
$3,489,361

Program services were 58.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O53
Classification
1200
Street
8035 S WABASH 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To inspire youth, empower communities and build a better world one block at a time.

  • Community Development - promotes community service and advocacy within the 77 neighborhoods in Chicago with a grassroots approach. Some of the initiatives include: training and sponsoring 25 block clubs including new signage; Senior snow shoveling with volunteers; Be a Part of the Light - providing holiday decorations.

    Expenses $1,087,667 · Grants $161,730

  • Youth Development Explorers Program takes teenagers from schools in low social economic status neighborhoods on educational explorations. They receive a firsthand glimpse into different cultures and careers, people and businesses. Scholarships for youth attending secondary education, youth led walks where youth led community walks within their community.

    Expenses $956,211 · Grants $48,000

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.

  • Jahmal Cole

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $238,674
    From this org
    $238,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,674
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $248,619

  • Brandon Kowalski

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $171,067
    From this org
    $171,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,067
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $171,067

  • Will Hobert

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tonya Hooks

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tiffany Falls Wartman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Krebs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Buchanan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rickey Harris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ray Legler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Gilbert

    Director of Youth and Community Development

    Total calculated
    $116,493
    From this org
    $116,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nathaniel Viets-VanLear

    Director of Engagement and Outreach

    Total calculated
    $110,143
    From this org
    $110,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Renee Walker

    Director of Human Resources

    Total calculated
    $100,253
    From this org
    $100,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $2,578,432
    Expenses
    $3,489,361
    Contributions
    $2,550,157
    Grants paid
    $209,730
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,431,772
    Expenses
    $3,757,977
    Contributions
    $2,334,536
    Grants paid
    $340,840
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,043,834
    Expenses
    $3,356,643
    Contributions
    $3,199,536
    Grants paid
    $478,529

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
    $5,861,736
    Expenses
    $4,492,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,864,574

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,861,736
    Expenses
    $4,492,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,864,574

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,990,724
    Expenses
    $3,968,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,508,329

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,203,207
    Expenses
    $4,131,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,560,737

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,072,063
    Expenses
    $958,345
    Assets (EOY)
    $376,825

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $716,730
    Expenses
    $573,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $487,644

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $528,906
    Expenses
    $379,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $217,769

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,213
    Expenses
    $190,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,473

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Jahmal Cole
Mailing address
8035 S Wabash AvenueChicago IL 60619

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • Urban Warrior Youth Community

    $15,000

    2022 Community Help Grant

  • Men of Purpose

    $12,000

    2023 Community Help Grant

  • 8000 S Constance Block Club

    $11,967

    2023 Block Club Grant

  • Think Outside the Block

    $10,000

    2023 Community Help Grant

  • Josephine's Cooking

    $10,000

    2023 Community Help Grant

  • Washington Park Chamber of Commerce

    $10,000

    2022 Community Help Grant

  • Cullar Consulting LLC

    $10,000

    2022 Community Help Grant

  • Image and Likeness Landscaping & Snow Removal Inc

    $9,700

    2023 Community Help Grant

  • 7800 Michigan Block Club

    $9,267

    2023 Block Club Grant

  • The Silver Room

    $9,000

    2023 Community Help Grant

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

Where these grants went next →

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.