UNITY FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2024

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Organization: UNITY FOUNDATION (EIN 36-4390416)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-03-01
IRS object ID: 202500609349100500
Schema version: 2024v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-PF
Schedule B
Depreciation Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-03-01T08:08:29-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	475 Half Day Road Suite 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lincolnshire	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60069	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364390416	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Unity Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% GEORGE D HANUS	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	UNIT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3123324172	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 West Madison Street 42nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GEORGE D HANUS	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3123324172	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-02-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Justin M Goetz	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P02258207	PTIN
Phone	8472478959	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$1,563	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss	$74,000	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$74,000	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss	$0	CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnssAmt
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Rev And Expnss	$50,362	OthEmplSlrsWgsRevAndExpnssAmt
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Dsbrs Chrtbl	$50,362	OthEmplSlrsWgsDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	$29,427	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$29,427	OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss	$5,928	TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,928	TaxesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$1,738	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$1,738	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$87,455	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$87,455	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$0	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$87,455	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$87,455	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$13,455	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$15,018	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$1,563	CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV	$1,563	CashEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$15,018	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,563	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$1,563	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Capital Stock BOY	$15,018	CapitalStockBOYAmt
Capital Stock EOY	$1,563	CapitalStockEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$15,018	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,563	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$15,018	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$1,563	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$15,018	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$13,455	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$1,563	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,563	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail		CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$0	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal	$0	SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$0	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Exempt Frgn Org Tax Wthld At Srce	$0	ExemptFrgnOrgTaxWthldAtSrceAmt
Total Payments And Credits	$0	TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Tax Due	$0	TaxDueAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (true)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	IL	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (true)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEORGE D HANUS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3123324172	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 WEST MADISON STRET 42ND FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	false	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	Yes (true)	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
GEORGE D HANUS
200 West Madison Street 42nd floor	Chicago	IL	60606	PRESIDENT	1.0	$0	$0	$0
LAWRENCE M FRIEDMAN
115 S LASALLE	CHICAGO	IL	60606	SECRETARY	1.0	$0	$0	$0
DAVID H NADOFF
200 West Madison Street 42nd floor	Chicago	IL	60606	DIRECTOR	1.0	$0	$0	$0

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE TO ADMIN PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.	Description1Txt
Expenses1	$87,455	Expenses1Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sum Of Program Related Invst		SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$0	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$4,999	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$4,999	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Acquisition Indebtedness	$0	AcquisitionIndebtednessAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$4,999	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$75	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$4,924	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$246	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	$246	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$0	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$0	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$246	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$246	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$246	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$87,455	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total	$0	ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Charitable Assets Acquis Paid	$0	CharitableAssetsAcquisPaidAmt
Set Aside Suitability Test	$0	SetAsideSuitabilityTestAmt
Set Aside Cash Distri Test	$0	SetAsideCashDistriTestAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$87,455	QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$246	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY	$0	UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Prior Year1	2022	PriorYear1Yr
Prior Year2	2021	PriorYear2Yr
Prior Year3	2020	PriorYear3Yr
Total For Prior Years	$0	TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5	$59,056	ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4	$94,146	ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$64,934	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$163,588	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$158,823	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$540,547	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$87,455	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1	$0	AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Current Year	$246	AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$87,209	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$627,756	TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm	$0	PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Taxable1	$0	Taxable1Amt
Taxable2	$0	Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5	$59,056	ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$568,700	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4	$94,146	ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3	$64,934	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$163,588	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$158,823	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$87,209	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Private Operating Foundations		PrivateOperatingFoundationsGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	GEORGE D HANUS	ContributingManagerNm
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees Contracts From Govt Ag		FeesContractsFromGovtAgGrp
Membership Dues And Assmnt		MembershipDuesAndAssmntGrp
Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst		IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp
Dividends And Interest From Sec Dtl		DividendsAndInterestFromSecDtl
Net Rntl Incm Re Debt Fincd Prop		NetRntlIncmReDebtFincdPropGrp
Net Rntl Incm Re Not Debt Fincd Prop		NetRntlIncmReNotDebtFincdProp
Net Rental Income Personal Prop		NetRentalIncomePersonalPropGrp
Other Investment Income		OtherInvestmentIncomeGrp
Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry		GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp
Net Income Loss From Special Evt		NetIncomeLossFromSpecialEvtGrp
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry		GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryGrp
Subtotals Incm Producing Acty		SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	1	ContributorNum
Contributor Person	GEORGE AND BARBARA HANUS FOUNDATION	ContributorPersonNm

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 WEST MADISON STREET 42nd FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	$74,000	TotalContributionsAmt
Person Contribution	Yes (X)	PersonContributionInd

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt
OFFICE EXPENSE	$1,661	$1,661
ANNUAL REPORT FEES	$77	$77

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	PROFESSIONAL FEES	CategoryTxt
Amt	$29,427	Amt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$29,427	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	PAYROLL TAXES	CategoryTxt
Amt	$5,928	Amt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$5,928	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

UNITY FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2024

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (2 entries)

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

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