CHICAGO AREA FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

228 WABASH STREET - 5TH FLOOR

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE CHICAGO AREA FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE (CAFHA) IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED NONPROFIT, FAIR HOUSING ORGANIZATION SERVING THE CHICAGO REGION THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY, COLLABORATIVE ACTION, AND EDUCATION. AS A LEADER IN FAIR HOUSING ADVOCACY, CAFHA SUPPORTS ORGANIZING EFFORTS THAT STEM FROM GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND FOCUS ON PROMOTING RACIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN HOUSING. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1985, WE HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ADVANCING FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, EFFECTIVE POLICY ADVOCACY, AND STRONG COALITION-BUILDING. CAFHA ULTIMATELY ENVISIONS A CHICAGO REGION WITH AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND DIGNIFIED HOUSING OPTIONS. BY DEVELOPING A JUST HOUSING SYSTEM, WE WILL ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF HARMS CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND BUILD THRIVING, WELL-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE DO THIS WORK BY: ADVANCING HOUSING JUSTICE: CAFHA IS A LEADING VOICE ON HOUSING POLICY CAMPAIGNS. CAMPAIGNS WE SUPPORTED THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE JUST CAUSE FOR EVICTION CAMPAIGN AND THE CHICAGO HEALTHY HOMES ORDINANCE. IN ADDITION, WE MONITOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS AND ADVOCATE FOR A FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT ECOSYSTEM THAT BETTER SERVES THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. BROAD-BASED COALITION BUILDING: CAFHA BUILDS COALITIONS CENTERED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY LONGSTANDING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. CURRENTLY, CAFHA CONVENES THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER LEADER BOARD AND HOMEOWNERSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVANCE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC REFORM TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND STABILITY FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS. CAFHA ALSO CONVENES THE IL HOUSING EQUITY COLLECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT FAIR HOUSING AND CIVIL RIGHTS ARE UPHELD ACROSS ILLINOIS. INCREASING CAPACITY: CAFHA PROVIDES TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ON TOPICS RELATED TO FAIR HOUSING TO A VARIETY OF GROUPS INCLUDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY -BASED ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSING PROVIDERS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES. THIS YEAR WE REACHED OVER 2,100 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SUCH TRAININGS AND ALSO PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT AND REFERRALS TO 169 INDIVIDUALS FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY. PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT: CAFHA ALSO EQUIPS DIRECTLY IMPACTED LEADERS WITH THE TOOLS TO ASSIST THEIR PEERS IN NAVIGATING HOUSING CHALLENGES. WE RECRUITED 10 COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, IMPACTED BY ARREST OR CONVICTION RECORDS, TO LEAD OUR REENTRY SUPPORT OUTREACH AND SERVICES; AND 4 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOMEOWNER MENTORS TO ASSIST OTHER VOUCHER HOLDERS IN NAVIGATING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROCESS.

  Expenses $675,373 · Grants $83,600

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.

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

  $640,852

  Expenses

  $726,698

  Contributions

  $640,841

  Grants paid

  $83,600

• 2023

  Revenue

  $633,468

  Expenses

  $709,422

  Contributions

  $633,461

  Grants paid

  $15,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $842,112

  Expenses

  $713,254

  Contributions

  $842,107

  Grants paid

  $178,200

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

  $539,583

  Expenses

  $448,501

  Assets (EOY)

  $251,901

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $416,537

  Expenses

  $313,664

  Assets (EOY)

  $159,962

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $367,184

  Expenses

  $342,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $98,223

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $192,937

  Expenses

  $205,500

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,507

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $12,343

  Expenses

  $88,072

  Assets (EOY)

  $62,334

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 2012

Tax period

1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013

Principal officer

Morgan P Davis

Mailing address

1041 South BoulevardOak Park IL 60302

Website

www.cafha.net

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

• BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTIRES

  $85,200

  2022 · INC HOME OWNERSHIP

• NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC

  $81,000

  2022 · INC HOME OWNERSHIP

• BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTIRES

  $41,800

  2024 · INC HOME OWNERSHIP

• NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC

  $41,800

  2024 · INC HOME OWNERSHIP

• WOODSTOCK INSTITUTE

  $12,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• WOODSTOCK INSTITUTE

  $12,000

  2023 · RESEARCH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $400,000

  2022 · support for area of greatest need, In support of increasing homeownership opportunities among voucher holders in East Garfield Park and Humboldt Park via a partnership with CHA and the Choose to Own program., Support of the Public Housing Authority (PHA) Homeownership Program Coalition and CAFHA's ongoing leadership in developing new initiatives as well as advocating for policy and programmatic changes among housing authorities.

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $175,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST

  $100,000

  2022 · CHICAGO AREA FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE

• MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST

  $50,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $25,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW

  $7,500

  2023 · MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST - CHICAGO FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS

• SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW

  $7,500

  2024 · CHICAGO FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS

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