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SKILLS FOR CHICAGO

EIN 45-1287418 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$12,476,804
Expenses 2023
$8,825,429

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J22
Classification
2100
Street
205 W WACKER DR STE 2000

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 2000). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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 · 2023

Mission

SKILLS FOR CHICAGOLAND'S FUTURE (SKILLS) IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTED TO RETURNING UNEMPLOYED COOK COUNTY JOB SEEKERS TO THE WORKFORCE WHILE MEETING THE HIRING NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS. SKILLS INNOVATIVE APPROACH IS MODELED THROUGH DIRECTLY PLACING JOB-READY UNEMPLOYED CANDIDATES INTO OPEN POSITIONS AND ACCESSING AND COORDINATING GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR TRAIN-TO-HIRE PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF SKILLS FOR CHICAGOLAND'S FUTURE (SKILLS) IS TO CREATE DEMAND-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS TO GET THE UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED BACK TO WORK. SKILLS IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, OPERATING AS A NONPROFIT, THAT MEETS THE HIRING NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS BY OFFERING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PLACE QUALIFIED UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS INTO AVAILABLE POSITIONS. SKILLS' CONSULTATIVE APPROACH STARTS WITH CULTIVATING A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR TALENT NEEDS. BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED, SOLUTIONS INCLUDE ACCESSING AND COORDINATING GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR TRAIN-TO-HIRE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS DIRECT PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB-READY CANDIDATES.

  • CORE: THE MISSION OF SKILLS FOR CHICAGOLAND'S FUTURE IS TO CREATE DEMAND-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS TO GET THE UNDER AND UNEMPLOYED BACK TO WORK. OUR GUIDING NORTH STAR IS TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF UNDER- AND UNEMPLOYED TALENT BY CONNECTING THEM TO QUALITY JOBS THROUGH OUR DEEP PARTNERSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE HUMAN CAPITAL NEEDS OF OUR NETWORK OF ENGAGED EMPLOYERS. THE MAJORITY OF SKILLS' CANDIDATES COME FROM CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS CHARACTERIZED BY DISINVESTMENT, CHRONIC UNDER AND UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW RATES OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY, HIGHER THAN AVERAGE POVERTY RATES, AND LIMITED RESOURCES. SKILLS OPERATES OFFICES ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR WORK, IN ADDITION TO COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKFORCE AGENCIES.

    Expenses $4,059,529 · Revenue $265,470

  • NATIONAL EXPANSION:NATIONAL EXPANSION, ALSO KNOWN AS SKILLS FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, IS AN INITIATIVE OF SKILLS THAT IS FOCUSED ON REPLICATING THE SKILLS' MODEL IN TARGET CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN DECEMBER 2022, SKILLS JOINED WITH THE GREATER PHOENIX CHAMBER FOUNDATION TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "CONNECT TO WORK AZ, POWERED BY SKILLS FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE" AS PART OF ITS NATIONAL EXPANSION CAMPAIGN. A NEW COHORT OF AFFILIATES WILL LAUNCH IN 2024.

    Expenses $2,091,490 · Grants $165,000

  • COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION COLLECTIVE:THE CBO COLLECTIVE (CBOC) IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE CO-FOUNDED BY CARA COLLECTIVE AND SKILLS IN 2021; THIS COLLABORATIVE OF 16 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IS WORKING TO BETTER CONNECT HIRING DEMAND WITH BLACK AND BROWN TALENT THROUGH A COLLECTIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH.

    Expenses $782,944 · Grants $280,000

  • CAREER ACCESS:CAREER ACCESS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BEYOND THE DIPLOMA) PROGRAMS TARGET UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED PARTICIPANTS SEEKING MIDDLE-SKILL ROLES, FOR WHICH THEY MAY NEED AN INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL INCLUDING - LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, AND CERTIFICATIONS.

    Expenses $493,394

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Pamela Tully

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $250,325
    From this org
    $243,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,613
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,962
    Bonus
    $44,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,874
    Nontaxable benefits
    $739
    Filer's total
    $250,325

  • Daniel Cervantes

    SR. VP, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $247,372
    From this org
    $224,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,578
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,294
    Bonus
    $23,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,752
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,826
    Filer's total
    $247,372

  • Susan Dunseth

    VP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $209,814
    From this org
    $199,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,094
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,707
    Bonus
    $29,013
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,574
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,520
    Filer's total
    $209,814

  • Bridget Altenburg

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $176,750
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,750
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,750

  • Tabatha Cobb

    SR. DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQ.

    Total calculated
    $163,729
    From this org
    $150,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,884
    Bonus
    $4,950
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,597
    Filer's total
    $163,729

  • Kyle Clauss

    VP, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,746
    From this org
    $143,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,648
    Bonus
    $12,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,926
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,922
    Filer's total
    $162,746

  • Marie Lynch

    PRESIDENT & CEO - FORMER

    Total calculated
    $121,551
    From this org
    $121,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $121,551
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $121,551

  • Mark S Hoplamazian

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Manika Turnbull

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michael Bonds

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Berger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy E Best

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Bilek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Booth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Capozzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Challenger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Conklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Corley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gillian Darlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Donaldson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andy Eichfeld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rich Floersch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvonne Franzese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Freedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corliss Gardner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,476,804
    Expenses
    $8,825,429
    Contributions
    $12,329,022
    Grants paid
    $445,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,395,413
    Expenses
    $9,550,116
    Contributions
    $6,269,100
    Grants paid
    $500,750

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
    $8,975,489
    Expenses
    $7,066,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,984,801

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,151,967
    Expenses
    $5,586,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,035,150

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,290,022
    Expenses
    $6,061,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,226,421

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,190,485
    Expenses
    $4,705,598
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,757,981

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,452,890
    Expenses
    $4,178,824
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,447,272

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,290,189
    Expenses
    $3,990,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,733,857

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,876,392
    Expenses
    $3,130,465
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,516,450

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,576,573
    Expenses
    $2,820,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,574,497

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,944,126
    Expenses
    $2,322,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,898,680

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.