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CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY

EIN 36-4244054 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$9,295,928
Expenses 2024
$7,582,108

Program services were 76.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B25
Classification
2000
Street
2189 W BOWLER ST

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

CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY IS A CO-EDUCATIONAL, NON-DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE AND LIFE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATED TO NURTURING AND CHALLENGING THE WHOLE PERSON - MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT - TO THE GLORY OF GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A COLLEGE AND LIFE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATED TO NURTURING AND CHALLENGING THE WHOLE PERSON

  • CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY OPERATES A CHRISTIAN, COLLEGE- AND LIFE-PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO. THE SCHOOL DELIVERS AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM OF RIGOROUS ACADEMICS, SPIRITUAL FORMATION, AND EXTRACURRICULAR ENGAGEMENT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY SERVED APPROXIMATELY 300 STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12. THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS RECEIVED NEED-BASED FINANCIAL AID, AND MANY WERE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE-BOUND. SMALL CLASS SIZES (ESTIMATED AVERAGE OF 12-15 STUDENTS PER TEACHER) ENABLE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR INCLUDED DELIVERY OF A COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM, EXPANDED CAREER READINESS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A TRADES PATHWAY PROGRAM, AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ADVISING. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 14 SPORTS TEAMS, ARTS PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY ALSO PROVIDED ONGOING SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING CHAPEL SERVICES, DISCIPLESHIP, AND MENTORSHIP, AIMED AT FOSTERING CHARACTER, RESILIENCE, AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE FOR 2025 WAS TO EQUIP STUDENTS FOR POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS THROUGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER FORMATION, AND CAREER EXPOSURE. LONG-TERM GOALS INCLUDE SUSTAINED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES, INCREASED COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE, AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO CAREER PATHWAYS, INCLUDING SKILLED TRADES.

    Expenses $5,785,130 · Grants $8,000 · Revenue $1,560,673

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.

  • BRIAN SIR

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JOSHUA CAUHORN

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GREG VANN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DERONDAL BEVLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MATT GERDES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KRISTIN JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GENE KENT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVID LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • THOMAS LUICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JAMES MCGILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TRACI MELCHER

    DIRECTOR AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $52,729
    From this org
    $50,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,041
    Hours/week
    40

  • TONI MILLS-WESSELINK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRIS PORTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ALISSA VOGEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ISAIAH MUZIKOWSKI

    PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $132,977
    From this org
    $125,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,647
    Hours/week
    40

  • PATRICK AHERN

    FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $163,193
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,193
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $693
    Filer's total
    $163,193

  • JOSEPH SALITURO

    ATHLETIC DIRECTOR - TERM

    Total calculated
    $139,411
    From this org
    $116,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,681
    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
    $9,295,928
    Expenses
    $7,582,108
    Contributions
    $5,417,481
    Grants paid
    $8,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,620,601
    Expenses
    $7,403,344
    Contributions
    $5,856,988
    Grants paid
    $50,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,705,618
    Expenses
    $6,719,628
    Contributions
    $4,318,955
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,566,908
    Expenses
    $12,204,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,642,221

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,748,373
    Expenses
    $7,357,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,014,679

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,748,373
    Expenses
    $7,357,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,014,679

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,983,563
    Expenses
    $7,328,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,269,039

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,497,037
    Expenses
    $6,226,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,417,564

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,676,508
    Expenses
    $5,580,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,351,554

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,669,617
    Expenses
    $4,257,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,754,079

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

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • RIGHTEOUS OAKS LLC

    OWNER REAL ESTATE · IL · income $0 · assets $0

  • HOPE HOLDINGS LLC

    OWNER REAL ESTATE · IL · income $0 · assets $0

  • RIGHTEOUS OAKS INC

    OWNER REAL ESTATE · IL · income $0 · assets $0

  • RIGHTEOUS REHAB LLC

    OWNER REAL ESTATE · IL · income $0 · assets $0

  • CHICAGO HOPE PROPERTIES LLC

    OWNER REAL ESTATE · IL · income $30,291 · assets $0

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.