NonprofitsChicago Urban League

Employment

Chicago Urban League

CHICAGO, IL

Total revenue

$10.2M

Total expenses

$12.3M

Net assets

$8.4M

Grants received

$30.0M

204 grants

EIN

362225483

Tax year

2023

Mission

Civil rights and human services organization

Programs

2 programs

Center for entrepreneurship and innovation - redefining today's civil rights imperatives by promoting and creating economic empowerment opportunities for the african americans in chicago.

Expenses: $2.4MGrants: $89K

Youth services - to advocate broadening the base of educated, skilled and engaged african youth and serving as the voice and thought leader for economic development issues in the african american community.

Expenses: $2.3MGrants: $227K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$9.6M
Program service revenue$163K
Investment income$274K
Other revenue$201K
Total revenue$10.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$493K
Salaries & benefits$5.8M
Fundraising$1.2M
Other expenses$6.0M
Total expenses$12.3M
Total assets$13.7M
Net assets$8.4M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

KAREN FREEMAN-WILSON

President & CEO

Board

$273K

40 hrs/wk

DANIEL ANELLO

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANDREW C BARRETT

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

HOPE BENTLEY

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

JILL BILLHORN

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

DWIGHT BLACKMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BARBARA BOWLES

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARTY CASTRO

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CARLOS CUBIA

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRIAN W DUWE

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

KIMBERLY EVANS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ESTHER FRANKLIN

Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

MATTHEW FISCHER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRYCE A FISHER

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARIA C GREEN

VICE CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOSEPH A GREGOIRE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

LORI HEALEY

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MELVIN C HOPSON

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANDRE P HUGHES

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARK ISHAUG

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

JANICE JACKSON

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

GEORGE E JOHNSON

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

AJAY JOSHI

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CONNIE LINDSEY

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

TODD LOHR

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CRAIG MARTIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

KIMBERLENE MATTHEWS

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANTHONY R MCCAIN

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

LESTHER H MCKEEVER JR

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR SUZET MCKINNEY

BOARD CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

EILEEN MITCHELL

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

DAVID NICHOLS

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

WILLIAM A OSBORN

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

THOMAS M PATRICK

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JAMES REYNOLDS

VICE CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOHN W ROGERS JR

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MICHAEL J SACKS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

SAM SCOTT

LIFE DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVEN J SHERMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JAMES P SLEDGE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ERIC S SMITH

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

TYRONNE STOUDEMIRE

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

GINA STUART

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

SHEILA TALTON

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRUCE TAYLOR

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

GARTH WALKER

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

FREDERICK H WADDELL

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

DONALD E WILBON

Director

Board

2 hrs/wk

CALMETTA COLEMAN

CHIEF OPER OFFICER

Staff

$198K

40 hrs/wk

JESSICA HARRIS

CHIEF DEV OFFICER

Staff

$143K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

POWERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO INC

RESTROOMS AND MEP UPGRADE

$254K

WHITTAKER & COMPANY PLLC

CFO/ACCT SUPPORT SERVICES

$234K

EC - UNITED

IT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$203K

SITAR GROUP INC

NEXTONE PROGRAM SERVICES

$148K

PURPOSE BRAND LLC

BRAND STRATEGY WORK

$136K

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.1M
SEE PART IV
2024
$125K
General Operating Support - Entrepreneurship
2024
$80K
IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$75K
Changing Faces, Safe Places
2024
$75K
IN RENEWED SUPPORT OF ITS IMPACT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2024
$30K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$20K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT
2024
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$13K
GENERAL USE
2024
$10K
Sponsorship of annual fellowship dinner
2024
$7K
SPONSOR EVENTS
2024
$1.3M
SEE PART IV
2023
$244K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$179K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$175K
Jobs and Family Economic Security
2023
$138K
BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENTREPRENEURS.
2023
$125K
General Operating Support - Entrepreneurship
2023
$100K
Mission Fund
2023
$87K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$75K
in renewed support of its IMPACT Leadership Development Program
2023
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$50K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION COLLECTIVE MEMBER COMPENSATION
2023
$45K
Sponsorship of Building Wealth Today for Tomorrow Summit
2023
$25K
SUPPORT FOR WEALTH BUILDING EXECUTIVE FELLOW FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH RELATING TO WEALTH BUILDING INITIATIVES IN CHICAGO
2023
$25K
EDUCATION
2023
$25K
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
2023
$25K
SOCIAL JUSTICE / SUSTAINABILITY
2023
$20K
2023 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE GRANT
2023
$16K
GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$15K
Charitable Event
2023
$15K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$13K
General Operating Support - Entrepreneurship
2023
$11K
GOLDEN FELLOWSHIP DINNER
2023
$10K
UHI CB sponsorship of 62nd Golden Fellowship Dinner
2023
$10K
President's Discretionary Fund
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
SPONSORSHIP FOR GOLDEN FELLOWSHIP DINNER
2023
$6K
COMMUNITY CONNECTION GRANT
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
OPERATIONAL FUNDING
2023
$3K
2023 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE GRANT - WELLNESS & RESPITE GRANT
2023
$450
In support of general operations.
2023
$20
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$722K
SEE PART IV
2022
$240K
BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENTREPRENUERS.
2022
$175K
strengthen the local economy and enhance job creation by supporting a stronger Chicago minority business enterprise (MBE) community and create jobs in communities of color in the six-county region of Chicago
2022
$150K
Mission Fund
2022
$100K
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2022
$100K
General Operating Support - Entrepreneurship
2022
$80K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$80K
General Operating Support, support to improve health equity, In support of 62nd Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner, In support of the 61st Golden Fellowship Dinner
2022
$75K
in renewed support of its IMPACT Leadership Development Program
2022
$73K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$57K
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION COLLECTIVE ACTIVITIES
2022
$57K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$55K
Strong Communities
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$50K
Education
2022
$40K
FOR THE COMMUNITY TRADES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
2022
$33K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
2023 CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT
2022
$20K
SPONSORSHIP FOR GOLDEN FELLOWSHIP DINNER
2022
$20K
GENERAL USE
2022
$20K
HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$16K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2022
$10K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
For General Operating Support
2022
$10K
FIELD FOUNDATION SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FUND (FY2023)
2022
$8K
Sponsorship of the Golden Fellowship Dinner
2022
$8K
Sponsorship Donation
2022
$8K
61st Golden Fellowship Dinner
2022
$7K
ANNUAL DINNER
2022
$7K
General Operating Support - Entrepreneurship
2022
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$100
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$20
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$15
Support of Minority-owned Businesses
2022
$7.2M
Support of the McDonald's Chicago Community Impact Grants Program, matching the contribution of Charles Matthews, PGL employee. General operating support. Support to empower mid-career African American professionals to thrive in increasingly responsible leadership roles, both in their careers and in communities across Chicago. To support youth readiness for work and finding meaningful jobs. Support for Golden Fellowship Dinner (no tickets or benefits). To support Career Pathways Program. In support of general operations. In support of the Chicago Urban League's 60th Golden Fellowship Dinner. In support of the SUMMIT 2022 Partnering to Close the Racial Wealth Gap.
2021
$7.2M
Support of the McDonald's Chicago Community Impact Grants Program, matching the contribution of Charles Matthews, PGL employee. General operating support. Support to empower mid-career African American professionals to thrive in increasingly responsible leadership roles, both in their careers and in communities across Chicago. To support youth readiness for work and finding meaningful jobs. Support for Golden Fellowship Dinner (no tickets or benefits). To support Career Pathways Program. In support of general operations. In support of the Chicago Urban League's 60th Golden Fellowship Dinner. In support of the SUMMIT 2022 Partnering to Close the Racial Wealth Gap.
2021
$729K
SEE PART IV
2021
$250K
to provide institutional support.
2021
$250K
for institutional support.
2021
$100K
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2021
$100K
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2021
$60K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$60K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$55K
Strong Communities
2021
$52K
Subgrantee
2021
$40K
FOR THE COMMUNITY TRADES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
2021
$30K
TO PASS A DEFELONIZATION BILL VIA MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF A WHITE PAPER IN EARLY 2022.
2021
$25K
Program support for black families and communities
2021
$21K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2021
$20K
DONOR DESIGNATION
2021
$20K
For General Operating Support
2021
$16K
Achieve equity for Black families and communities through social and economic empowerment.
2021
$16K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2021
$10K
SPONSORSHIP FOR GOLDEN FELLOWSHIP DINNER
2021
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$1K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$1.2M
TO SUPPORT BRIAN E. SLEET SCHOLARSHIP FUND, MICRO GRANTING, DEDICATED COACHING, OPPORTUNITY WORKS PROGRAM, COOK COUNTY/CHICAGO SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 RESPONSE: BUSINESS ADVISING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM, COOK COUNTY COVID-19 RECOVERY SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$738K
SEE PART IV
2020
$738K
SEE PART IV
2020
$250K
in support of general operations.
2020
$175K
Disaster Relief Fund
2020
$100K
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2020
$100K
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2020
$75K
in renewed support of its IMPACT Leadership Development Program.
2020
$55K
Strong Communities
2020
$50K
Education
2020
$50K
Program support for black families and communities.
2020
$50K
Program Support
2020
$46K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$40K
For the Community Trades and Apprenticeship Program
2020
$40K
General Operating Support
2020
$36K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2020
$35K
Achieve equity for Black families and communities through social and economic empowerment.
2020
$30K
TO ADVANCE VARIOUS HARM REDUCTION POLICIES
2020
$25K
HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$10K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2020
$10K
For General Operating Support
2020
$10K
PROGRAM EXPENSES, CAMPS
2020
$10K
CB sponsorship of 58TH Golden Fellowship Dinner (co-sponsorship with UC Business Diversity)
2020
$10K
GENERAL DONATION
2020
$10K
TO BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN NEED OR DISTRESS
2020
$8K
Unrestricted
2020
$7K
TO PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT.
2020
$5K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$3K
General Operating Support
2020
$560
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$428K
SEE PART IV
2019
$158K
TO SUPPORT THE IMPACT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE CONSTRUCT PROGRAM, AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$79K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$68K
Charitable Donation
2019
$67K
CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$53K
IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, THREE PROJECTS WILL CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF THE RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER (RPC) EFFORT.
2019
$40K
For support of the Community Trades and Apprenticeship Program
2019
$25K
IMPACT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2019
$20K
For General Operating Support
2019
$11K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2019
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$6K
58TH Golden Fellowship Dinner Sponsorship
2019
$25
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$125K
IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS
2018
$99K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$75K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$61K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$33K
CENSUS 2020 FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE
2018
$10K
General Support
2018
$10K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2018
$5K
Support for civil rights and human services
2018
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2018
$325
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$570K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2017
$30K
TO CREATE POSITIVE POLICY CHANGE WITHIN CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, AND ILLINOIS.
2017
$20K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2017

Funded by

$30.0M from 79 funders · 204 grants · 2017–2024

The Chicago Community Trust

$16.7M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

National Urban League Inc

$5.8M · 7 grants · 2019–2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$1.1M · 9 grants · 2020–2024

United Way Of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

$564K · 7 grants · 2017–2024

Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation

$500K · 5 grants · 2020–2022

The Coleman Foundation Inc

$460K · 7 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$449K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

The Joyce Foundation

$435K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN362225483
NTEE codeJ200
Subsection03
Ruling date1948-01
Formed1917
Employees88
Volunteers1547
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