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ALLIANCE 98

EIN 81-4856600 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2025
$824,627
Expenses 2025
$582,748

Program services were 70.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1200
Street
3948 W 26TH ST STE 112

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 · 2025

Mission

To tackle high unemployment rates for young adults in Chicago's communities by empowering them with the skills, experiences, and networks necessary to obtain meaningful career opportunities.

  • Safe Spaces / DFSS My Chi My Future - A year-round employment program empowering youth (16-24) to create positive change in their community. Through event planning, teamwork, and community engagement, participants gain hands-on experience while bringing art, sports, entertainment, and resources to public spaces throughout our vibrant neighborhoods.

    Expenses $190,460 · Revenue $208,919

  • Arts and Culture Entrepreneurship - Grounded Studio, Moments Media, and Fiscal Sponsorships: Grounded Studio is TA98's creative and business incubator providing entrepreneurs with hands-on learning and access to tools, space, and networks required to grow their businesses. Moments Media is TA98's in-house digital storytelling division providing multi-media storytelling, strategic integrated marketing, and social media consulting to external clients, providing professional growth opportunities for young people who want to work in media. TA98 also served as fiscal sponsor for the production of Wicket, a documentary about breakdancing culture and personal acceptance.

    Expenses $153,191 · Revenue $139,450

  • Suited for a Cause / DFSS Mentoring - Empowering young adults 16-24 years old with essential 21st-century skills through career readiness training, mentorship, and access to good jobs. The program includes monthly workshops designed to build confidence and prepare participants for professional success.

    Expenses $68,932 · Revenue $68,932

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DAVID ROJAS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $71,672
    From this org
    $71,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERTO RIVERA

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROBERTO ARISTA

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AYANNA BANKS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM BARNARD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAT MAHER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN ROBERTSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $824,627
    Expenses
    $582,748
    Contributions
    $386,040
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $510,319
    Expenses
    $405,235
    Contributions
    $245,793
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $403,906
    Expenses
    $298,970
    Contributions
    $196,593
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $399,398
    Expenses
    $294,463
    Contributions
    $196,795
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $250,025
    Expenses
    $161,362
    Contributions
    $250,025
    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

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $85,057
    Expenses
    $44,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,362

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 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
David Rojas
Mailing address
2738 S AVERS AVEChicago IL 60623
Website
www.ta98.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 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

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.