COMMUNITIES UNITED: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: COMMUNITIES UNITED (EIN 36-4394374)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-11-15
IRS object ID: 202323199349306572
Schema version: 2022v5.0
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-11-15T09:57:57-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390758449	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WIPFLI LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 TRI-STATE INTERNATIONAL STE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	LINCOLNSHIRE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60069	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364394374	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMMUNITIES UNITED	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COMM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7735831387	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4600 W PALMER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60639	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JENNIFER ARWADE	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7735831387	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	JENNIFER	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	ARWADE	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ALEX PEKLER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00878587	PTIN
Phone	8479410100	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-11-15	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JENNIFER ARWADE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4600 W PALMER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60639	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$10,472,859	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.COMMUNITIESUNITED.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2000	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	COMMUNITIES UNITED (F/K/A ALBANY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL) IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, INCREASE POSITIVE INVESTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE, DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, AND ADVANCE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	73	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	75	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,751,711	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$10,457,386	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$356	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,346	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,956	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$18,453	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,755,023	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$10,443,279	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$64,138	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$118,068	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,479,710	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,881,208	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$85,631	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$742,719	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$964,743	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,286,567	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,964,019	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$468,456	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$7,479,260	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,735,245	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$10,466,076	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$201,733	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$453,304	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,533,512	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,012,772	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	COMMUNITIES UNITED, (F/K/A ALBANY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL) IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, INCREASE POSITIVE INVESTMENT IN YOUNG PEOPLE, DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, AND ADVANCE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$615,696	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	VOICES OF YOUTH IN CHICAGO EDUCATION ("VOYCE"): VOYCE IS A CITYWIDE YOUTH ORGANIZING COLLABORATION THAT WAS FORMED TO ADDRESS THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. VOYCE DEFINES ITS EFFORTS AS STUDENT-LED, BASED ON THE CORE BELIEF THAT THE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, NEED TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION EQUITY. VOYCE EXPENSES INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM PROGRAM ACTIVITY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$516,017	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$88,068	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	AFFORDABLE HOUSING: THROUGH RENTER'S ORGANIZING OURSELVES TO STAY (ROOTS), LOW-INCOME RENTERS HAVE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO BRING TENANTS, DEVELOPERS, AND CITY OFFICIALS TO COMBINE RESOURCES TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUCCESSFULLY PUTTING OVER 400 UNITS IN THE PRESERVATION PIPELINE TO BECOME LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE UNITS AND KEEP LOW-INCOME FAMILIES FROM BEING DISPLACED, DEVELOPING A SCALABLE MODEL FOR THE CITY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$213,098	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATION ORGANIZING: THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATION ORGANIZING IS CENTERED AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARENT LEADERSHIP TO IMPACT ISSUES OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATION JUSTICE SUCH AS RESOURCES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, ENSURING ALL STUDENTS ARE ON A PATH TO COLLEGE, OVERCROWDING RELIEF, AND MORE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,187,950	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$30,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,006	RevenueAmt
Desc	VARIOUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RIGHT ON JUSTICE, AN ALLIANCE OF ORGANIZERS WORKING TO ADVANCE RESTORATIVE SUPPORTS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES AND BIKES N' ROSES, A YOUTH-LED BICYCLE COOPERATIVE THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BIKE SAFETY, AND BIKE ADVOCACY.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$1,187,950	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$30,000	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$2,006	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,532,761	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	28	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	73	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JENNIFER ARWADE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7735831387	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4600 W PALMER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60639	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
RAUL BOTELLO
CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	Yes (X)	$103,137	$0	$0
JENNIFER ARWADE
CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	Yes (X)	$94,066	$0	$0
DESHAWN SMITH
BOARD MEMBER	1.00		$400	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ROXANNE SMITH
PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DIANE LIMAS
VICE PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MICHAEL BROWN
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RICHARD KHONG
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SYED MAHMOOD
BOARD MEMBER	1.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SENECA OADDAMS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ROSA REYES
BOARD MEMER	1.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$197,603	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ANN AND ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 E CHICAGO AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60611	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	PROGRAM EVALUATION, WELLNESS WORKSHOPS,	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$284,804	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$32,697	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$485,826	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$9,938,863	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$10,457,386	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,346	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,346	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$7,192	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$32,697	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$27,827	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$20,635	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$20,635	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,929	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,753	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$176	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$176	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	624100	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,006	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,006	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,006	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,443,279	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,006	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$16,113	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,068	TotalAmt
Program Services	$118,068	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$197,603	TotalAmt
Program Services	$173,203	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,928	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,275,986	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,118,429	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$119,277	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,280	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$279,523	TotalAmt
Program Services	$217,119	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$54,018	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,386	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,096	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,673	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,580	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,843	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,638	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,638	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$87,527	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,951	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,576	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$434,794	TotalAmt
Program Services	$380,078	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,084	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,632	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$112,838	TotalAmt
Program Services	$83,009	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,435	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,394	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,115	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,115	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,391	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,994	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,698	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,699	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$89,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$65,085	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,687	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,825	TotalAmt
Program Services	$723	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,821	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$281	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,502	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,887	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,030	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$585	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	$37,487	$26,101	$10,261	$1,125
TRAINING	$27,973	$24,437	$2,697	$839
PROGRAM EXPENSES	$18,142	$17,396	$62	$684
REPAIRS	$8,939	$8,493	$178	$268

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,964,019	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,532,761	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$345,627	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$85,631	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$369,493	BOYAmt
EOY	$229,525	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,753,214	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,689,966	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$565,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,205,535	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,763	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,982	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,859	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,308	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$117,698	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$97,894	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,829	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,804	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,770	BOYAmt
EOY	$279,956	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,735,245	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,466,076	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$182,602	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$270,702	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$453,304	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$333,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$502,905	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,199,698	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,509,867	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,533,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,012,772	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,735,245	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,466,076	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$7,479,260	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,196,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,749,274	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,662,141	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,751,711	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,436,751	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,796,616	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,196,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,749,274	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,662,141	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,751,711	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,436,751	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,796,616	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$9,151,818	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$9,644,798	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,067	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,435	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$687	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$356	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,346	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,891	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$145,010	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$167,661	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$15,934	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,314	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,847	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,136	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$176	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$52,407	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$19,024,575	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,006	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.50700	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.74880	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$461	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$461	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,877,927	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,878,388	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$293,919	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$73,480	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$235,517	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$248,477	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$264,328	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$293,919	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,042,241	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,563,362	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$80,923	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$3,625	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$802	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$461	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$85,811	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$58,879	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$62,119	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$66,082	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$73,480	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$260,560	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$390,840	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$22,590	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$20,084	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,506	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$95,108	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$77,810	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,298	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$19,804	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ROU LEASE LIABILITY - OPERATING	$262,977
ROU LEASE LIABILITY - FINANCING	$7,725

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$270,702	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$10,443,279	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$10,443,279	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$10,443,279	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,964,019	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,964,019	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,964,019	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AS AN ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES (NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION) UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND, ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR SUCH TAXES IS MADE IN THE STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE ORGANIZATION FILES U.S. FEDERAL AND ILLINOIS STATE INFORMATIONAL TAX RETURNS. THE FEDERAL AND STATE INFORMATIONAL TAX RETURNS OF THE ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED. THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES INTEREST ACCRUED RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES IN OPERATING EXPENSES. AT DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021, THERE WAS NO INTEREST OR PENALTIES RELATING TO INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT & FUNDRAISER	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$39,889	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$32,697	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$7,192	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$27,827	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$39,889	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$32,697	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$7,192	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$27,827	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$27,827	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$20,635	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR BETTER HOUSING	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	33 N LASALLE 900	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60602	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	363134577	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$85,153	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	R3 SUBGRANT FOR EVICTION PROTECTION WORK	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	GRANTS ARE MONITORED BY ORGANIZATION FOR COMPLIANCE	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	JENNIFER ARWADE AND RAUL BOTELLO HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND THAT GROUP THEN ELECTS BOARD MEMBERS AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED AND ARE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	BOARD MEMBERS DID AN INFORMAL SURVEY OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS (SAME FOR STAFF SALARIES).
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	POLICIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	MISC PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 380,078. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 39,084. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 15,632. TOTAL EXPENSES 434,794.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	NO CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEARS.