KWOE FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $141K · expenses $202K · assets $138K

EIN
47-1988487
Address
30 HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611-2766
Website
https://www.kwoefoundation.org
NTEE code
O50
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Kareem Wells (its 2024 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2024 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

The KWOE Foundation is organized to provide financial assistance community support and charitable programming to individuals and families in need The organization raises funds through community-based initiatives and events and distributes resources through direct assistance outreach programs and strategic partnerships that promote stability empowerment and overall well-being

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 1 person listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

1 person listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Kareem Wells Founder2023-2025 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kareem Wells Founder5 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kareem Wells Founder5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kareem Wells Founder5 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$141,384$201,526 $138,142$138,142 $136,970$0 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$170,232$128,428 $198,284$198,284 $128,060$36,000 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$112,369$78,970 $156,480$156,480 $56,962$54,000 ---

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $78,641 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2021-2022 2$25,000 2022$15,000
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JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO DAF sponsor Exact 2020, 2023-2024 3$21,000 2024$8,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2021, 2024 2$16,100 2024$11,000
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GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$10,000 2023$10,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$5,500 2024$5,500
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FUND FOR ENLIGHTMENT INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “KWOE FOUNDATION” 2022 1$1,000 2022$1,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “KWOE FOUNDATION” 2020-2021 2$41 2021$36
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$228,59913 52014–2024 KNIGHTS OF HEROES FOUNDATION; SHORELINE SPORTS FOUNDATION; MIDLAND YOUNG LIFE BUILDING FOUNDATION; CHRIS HAMMOND YOUTH FOUNDATION and 1 more
HENRY FOUNDATION Private foundation$226,1113 12015–2024 MIDLAND YOUNG LIFE BUILDING FOUNDATION
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$200,0001 12017–2017 KNIGHTS OF HEROES FOUNDATION
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $201,526 spent · pay $89,855 · grants $14,734 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $89,855 44.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $86,926 43.1%
Grants and similar amounts paid $14,734 7.3%
Fees to independent contractors $9,979 5.0%
Printing, publications, postage $32 0.0%
Total$201,526100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $128,428 spent · pay $0 · grants $22,650 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $101,939 79.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $22,650 17.6%
Fees to independent contractors $3,199 2.5%
Printing, publications, postage $640 0.5%
Total$128,428100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $78,970 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $39,669 50.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $34,301 43.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $5,000 6.3%
Total$78,970100%

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