- Revenue 2024
- $4,889,283
- Expenses 2024
- $4,833,867
Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P600
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1220 ZANE AVE N
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
TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD HEALTHY, STABLE LIVES.PRISM IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1970 BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT LOCAL HUNGRY AND HOMELESS FAMILIES. WHAT STARTED AS AN INFORMAL EFFORT HAS SINCE EVOLVED INTO A STRONG, SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION THAT IS CONSIDERED A LEADING PROVIDER OF BASIC NEEDS SERVICES IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD HEALTHY, STABLE LIVES. OUR CORE VALUES OF COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, DIGNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY GUIDE OUR WORK. THE CONTINUED GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY ENABLES US TO MEET THE FOOD, CLOTHING, AND HOUSING NEEDS TO NEARLY 16,492 LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS EACH YEAR. PRISM'S MARKETPLACE FOOD SHELF SERVES EVERYONE: OTHER CORE SERVICES INCLUDE HOUSING AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, AND SHOP FOR CHANGE THRIFT SHOP, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD HEALTHY, STABLE LIVES.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $3,187,218 · Grants $2,652,626
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HOUSING PROGRAMS - 1,423 FAMILIES WERE SCREENED AND 97 RECEIVED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT EVICTION. DUE TO LIMITED FUNDING, INCREASED SPENDING RESTRICTIONS, AND HIGHER RENT AVERAGES, WE ASSISTED SLIGHTLY FEWER PARTICIPANTS THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.THE HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, LANDLORD MEDIATION, SUPPORT WITH ENERGY ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS, AND REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE HOUSING PROGRAM CAN ALSO ACCESS THE MARKETPLACE FOOD SHELF, SHOP FOR CHANGE THRIFT SHOP, AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS TO STRETCH THEIR BUDGETS AS THEY WORK TOWARD LONG-TERM STABILITY.
Expenses $409,024 · Grants $188,823
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SHOP FOR CHANGE THRIFT SHOP - 100% OF PROCEEDS FROM SHOP FOR CHANGE THRIFT SHOP SUPPORTS PRISM'S PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS. PRICES ARE LOWER THAN COMPETING STORES, MAKING PROPER CLOTHING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. THE SHOP GENERATED OVER $379K IN REVENUE, AN 8% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIS SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WELCOMES ALL, AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS 'SHOP' WITH A CASE MANAGER TO GATHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS BLANKETS, COATS, BEDDING, AND WINTER ATTIRE. THE SHOP IS STOCKED WITH DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IS STAFFED PRIMARILY BY VOLUNTEERS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED FOR 7,719 HOURS.
Expenses $416,215 · Grants $96,165 · Revenue $379,603
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
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.
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Anne RoedelANNE ROEDEL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Matt WilliamsMATT WILLIAMS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Jean StorlieJEAN STORLIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
John BoehlerJOHN BOEHLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Jonathan PalmerJONATHAN PALMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Kent RicheyKENT RICHEY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Khai LebinhKHAI LEBINH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Marc MeirovitzMARC MEIROVITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Mark PreissingMARK PREISSING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Mary KurthMARY KURTH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Matt BoehneMATT BOEHNE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Monisha ChakrapaniMONISHA CHAKRAPANI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Ray Bud BeersRAY BUD BEERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Sally FlinckSALLY FLINCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Shep HarrisSHEP HARRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Walter WhiteWALTER WHITE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Anthony WicknerANTHONY WICKNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Michelle NessMICHELLE NESS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $147,837
- From this org
- $136,863
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,974
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $4,889,283
- Expenses
- $4,833,867
- Contributions
- $4,500,153
- Grants paid
- $2,937,614
-
2023
- Revenue
- $4,716,722
- Expenses
- $4,765,184
- Contributions
- $4,347,028
- Grants paid
- $2,892,264
-
2022
- Revenue
- $4,368,242
- Expenses
- $4,531,849
- Contributions
- $4,013,230
- Grants paid
- $2,500,908
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
- $5,466,280
- Expenses
- $5,574,119
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,368,675
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,295,273
- Expenses
- $5,886,865
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,449,192
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,758,750
- Expenses
- $4,313,821
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,306,780
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,973,660
- Expenses
- $2,979,950
- Assets (EOY)
- $669,598
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,884,942
- Expenses
- $2,714,830
- Assets (EOY)
- $722,572
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,432,714
- Expenses
- $1,341,471
- Assets (EOY)
- $336,425
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,560,974
- Expenses
- $2,491,766
- Assets (EOY)
- $390,831
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,952,046
- Expenses
- $2,004,133
- Assets (EOY)
- $267,002
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,960,593
- Expenses
- $1,840,849
- Assets (EOY)
- $355,611
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,884,944
- Expenses
- $3,028,116
- Assets (EOY)
- $465,911
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
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$85,284
2022 DONOR-RECOMMENDED, HUMAN SERVICES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$77,390
2024 HUMAN SERVICES
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$50,000
2022 Programmatic funding to support PRISM's Homelessness Prevention Program
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$49,023
2023 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOOD SHELF GRANT
-
$48,685
2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 UNRESTRICTED
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$38,750
2024 DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
-
$36,512
2023 DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
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.