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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $149K ($153K in 2025 dollars) · expenses $101K · assets $72K

EIN
46-3691053
Address
3712 N BROADWAY NO 333, CHICAGO, IL 60613-4235
Website
www.sharing-notes.org
NTEE code
A68 Music (Arts, Culture and Humanities) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 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, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Allegra J Montanari (its 2015 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2015 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

To present live music to Chicago hospital patients and senior living residents

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

6 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Katie Grennan Executive Director2022-2024 $38,700$107,700 1
Lauren Hayes Program Director2022-2024 $20,000$38,000 1
Elizabeth Burgess (former) Executive Director2021 $30,000$30,000 1
Patricia Sokolow (former) Former Program Director2021-2022 $5,000$13,000 1
Liz Burgess (former) Former Executive Director2022 $7,500$7,500 1
Michael Potter Schneider (former) Former Program Director2021 $5,000$5,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 people 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
Kelley Dorhauer President2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Rebecca Faber Vice Chair2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Melody Beckman Eastman Treasurer2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Jinty McTavish Secretary2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Carla Funk Director2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Meghan Phillip Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Peg Griffiths Director2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mark Bookman (former) Treasurer2021-2023 3 $0 reported 1
Maggie Alberts (former) Secretary2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Ashley Magnus (former) Director2021-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Lexi LoBianco (former) Director2021-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Daniel Malnar (former) Director2021-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Kathleen Grennan (former) Secretary2021 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · 2 paid, $59K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Katie Grennan Executive Director30 $38,700-$0 $38,7001
Lauren Hayes Program Director20 $20,000-$0 $20,0001
Kelley Dorhauer President2 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Faber Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Melody Beckman Eastman Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Jinty McTavish Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Carla Funk Director1 $0-$0 $01
Meghan Phillip Director1 $0-$0 $01
Peg Griffiths Director1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 10 people listed · 2 paid, $48K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Katie Grennan Executive Director25 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
Lauren Hayes Program Director12 $12,000-$0 $12,0001
Kelley Dorhauer President2 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Faber Vice Chair1 $0-$0 $01
Mark Bookman Treasurer3 $0-$0 $01
Maggie Alberts Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Melody Eastman Director1 $0-$0 $01
Carla Funk Director1 $0-$0 $01
Jinty McTavish Director1 $0-$0 $01
Peg Griffiths Director1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 11 people listed · 4 paid, $52K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Katie Grennan Executive Director30 $33,000-$0 $33,0001
Liz Burgess Former Executive Director30 $7,500-$0 $7,5001
Lauren Hayes Program Director12 $6,000-$0 $6,0001
Patricia Sokolow Former Program Director14 $5,000-$0 $5,0001
Kelley Dorhauer President2 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Faber Vice Chair2 $0-$0 $01
Mark Bookman Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Maggie Alberts Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Ashley Magnus Director1 $0-$0 $01
Lexi LoBianco Director1 $0-$0 $01
Daniel Malnar Director1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 11 people listed · 3 paid, $43K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Elizabeth Burgess Executive Director30 $30,000-$0 $30,0001
Patricia Sokolow Program Director14 $8,000-$0 $8,0001
Michael Potter Schneider Former Program Director14 $5,000-$0 $5,0001
Ashley Magnus Chair2 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Faber Vice Chair2 $0-$0 $01
Kathleen Grennan Secretary4 $0-$0 $01
Mark Bookman Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Maggie Alberts Director1 $0-$0 $01
Kelley Dorhauer Director1 $0-$0 $01
Lexi LoBianco Director1 $0-$0 $01
Daniel Malnar Director1 $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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,138$100,822 $72,343$72,343 $107,360$5,543 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$104,473$83,400 $24,027$24,027 $83,082$3,804 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,321$70,956 $2,954$2,954 $47,406$375 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,686$52,746 $15,589$15,589 $29,328$5,000 ---

Funders of this organization

13 grantors reported grants to this organization, $100,245 in all, tax years 2017 to 2025. 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

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
DANIEL J KOBASIC FOUNDATION $25,0004 $10,0002024 2021-2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Sharing Notes”
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BRADBURD FAMILY FOUNDATION DTD 61898 BETWEEN ARNOLD W ETAL $20,0001 $20,0002024 2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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HELEN BRACH FOUNDATION $12,7503 $7,7502024 2023-2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Sharing Notes”
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SERVICE CLUB OF CHICAGO $9,7152 $8,5662024 2019, 2024 Public charity Exact
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING $8,0001 $8,0002024 2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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JOHN R HALLIGAN CHARITABLE FUND $6,0002 $3,0002025 2024-2025 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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LEAGUE OF CHICAGO THEATRES FOUNDATION $5,3601 $5,3602024 2024 Public charity Exact
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ANDREW & ALICE FISCHER CHARITABLE TRUST $5,0001 $5,0002025 2025 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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A MONTGOMERY WARD FOUNDATION 32 48652-4 $5,0001 $5,0002023 2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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BEST WALTER & EDITH FOUNDATION 110010842120 $3,0001 $3,0002024 2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION $2204 $512023 2020-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC $1001 $1002017 2017 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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LOUISE K SMITH FOUNDATION $1001 $1002017 2017 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SHARING NOTES”
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Same category: NTEE code and revenue

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OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
NORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE INCILA68 $117,545$226,429 PRESIDENT$20,000 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
PING PROVIDING INSTRUMENTS FOR THENEXT GENERATIONILA68 $181,347$109,156 Executive Director$44,525 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
CHICAGO BLUES REVIVALILA68 $171,490$135,075 President$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
CHICAGO ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECTILA68 $166,628$171,810 BOARD PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
ORIANA SINGERSILA68 $116,832$120,692 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$39,650 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
CHICAGO METAMORPHOSIS ORCHESTRA PROJECT NFPILA68 $133,231$167,227 Executive Director$42,848 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
ICARNATIC NFPILA68 $172,600$156,627 President$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INCILA68 $160,317$483,012 Exec director$48,307 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
Studio BEILA68 $145,799$172,763 Executive Director$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
KISHWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAILA68 $139,275$141,637 Music Director$13,055 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
FULTON MUSIC SOCIETY INC NFPILA68 $191,407$140,749 President$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
CROSSING BORDERS MUSIC COLLECTIVEILA68 $134,312$158,723 Artistic Director and Cellist$76,258 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
GIRLS ROCK CHICAGOILA68 $136,331$123,776 Operations Manager$32,669 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
CHICAGO TYAGARAJA UTSAVAMILA68 $166,034$104,305 CHAIRMAN EMERITUS$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
WOODSTOCK MOZART FESTIVAL INCILA68 $168,843$173,013 GENERAL DIRECTOR$30,500 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
NEW MUSIC CHICAGOILA68 $145,689$243,663 Director$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
SANGAMON VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONYILA68 $123,827$123,021 EXECUTIVE DI$15,305 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
BAG PIPES AND DRUMS EMERALD SOCIETY CHICAGO POLICE DEPTILA68 $133,079$100,944 President$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
BITTER JESTER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS NFPILA68 $132,561$104,210 President$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
NORTHSHORE CONCERT BANDILA68 $120,699$110,417 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
ELGIN OPERAILA68 $126,215$114,120 Exec/Pres$8,000 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
DOROTHY WEINEL EPPINGER FOUNDATIONILA68 $148,092$72,041 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
MARY B GALVIN FOUNDATION INCILA68 $135,029$128,753 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x, same state
STRING ORCHESTRA OF THE ROCKIES INCMTA68 $128,708$95,398 EXECUTIVE DI$14,400 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x
RITES OF SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL INCNYA68 $153,870$132,368 BOARD MEMBER$0 Same NTEE code A68, revenue within 2x

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $827,86651 18DAF sponsor2016–2024 ROARING FORK MUSIC SOCIETY INC; NORTHSHORE CONCERT BAND; FINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS; NORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE INC and 14 more
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC $492,06331 10DAF sponsor2019–2025 NORTH CORNER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; SHOW ME YOUR HEART FOUNDATION INC; EQ AUSTIN; JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC and 6 more
JOHN D & CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION $481,58020 4Private foundation2010–2023 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC; NEW MUSIC CHICAGO; GIRLS ROCK CHICAGO; PING PROVIDING INSTRUMENTS FOR THENEXT GENERATION
DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $465,29110 1DAF sponsor2016–2025 KISHWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING funds this one $364,22612 9DAF sponsor2014–2024 NORTH CORNER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC; ICARNATIC NFP; CAMELLIA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION and 5 more
ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION $300,0001 1Private foundation2019–2019 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC
FMH FOUNDATION $300,0007 1Private foundation2015–2023 THE WEST TEXAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC
LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATION $285,00011 1Private foundation2017–2024 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC
PRINCE FOUNDATION $276,0008 1Private foundation2015–2022 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST $253,74014 4DAF sponsor2016–2023 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC; CHICAGO ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECT; CHICAGO METAMORPHOSIS ORCHESTRA PROJECT NFP; CROSSING BORDERS MUSIC COLLECTIVE
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC $250,0001 1Private foundation2021–2021 JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INC
SHAW WALKER FOUNDATION $240,0005 1Private foundation2021–2025 NORTHWOODS MUSIC COLLABORATIVE INC
DELLE FOUNDATION $220,00012 1Private foundation2012–2025 LOS ALAMOS CONCERT ASSOCIATION
REA CHARITABLE TRUST $203,0007 2Private foundation2019–2024 THE WEST TEXAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC; THREE NOTCHD ROAD INC
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS $159,38715 1DAF sponsor2010–2023 FINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS

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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.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $100,822 spent · pay $78,049 · grants $0 · events $5,615
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $78,049 77.4%
Fees to independent contractors $13,012 12.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,756 8.7%
Printing, publications, postage $511 0.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $494 0.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$5,615reported apart
Total$100,822100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $83,400 spent · pay $58,713 · grants $0 · events $3,390
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $58,713 70.4%
Fees to independent contractors $16,868 20.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,048 8.5%
Printing, publications, postage $528 0.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $243 0.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$3,390reported apart
Total$83,400100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $70,956 spent · pay $55,137 · grants $0 · events $5,690
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $55,137 77.7%
Fees to independent contractors $9,002 12.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,803 9.6%
Printing, publications, postage $14 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$5,690reported apart
Total$70,956100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $52,746 spent · pay $47,127 · grants $0 · events $6,750
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $47,127 89.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,794 7.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,800 3.4%
Printing, publications, postage $25 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$6,750reported apart
Total$52,746100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2025$10,000$01
2020$0$01
Largest awards · 1 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated
2025National Endowment for the ArtsGrant or other assistancePROMOTION OF THE ARTS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 45.024PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF MUSIC CONCERTS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND OLDER ADULTS.$10,000

Also on this site Fuzzy

RecordName as filedWhereDatasetMatched by
Federal award recipientSHARING NOTESILFederal spending (USAspending)name and state

Matched by an identifier (EIN, CIK, CRD), by name and state or city, or by street address; a shared name or address is not proof of the same person or organization. Every link says how it was made; how the cross-referencing works.

Others with the same interests

NTEE code Music, IL first:

More with this interest.

In other datasets, the same topic (Arts) in IL:

Interests: Music · Arts

The area Census

Cook CountyChicago cityCensus Tract 314

County outline, the place (blue), the tract (orange) and the ZIP center (dot).

In Census Tract 314, Cook County, Illinois, place (city or town) Chicago, IL, county Cook County, IL, state Illinois; placed by its ZIP code (county and tract) and city name (place). The tract is the tract holding most of the record's ZIP code (FURP does not geocode street addresses).

  • Katie Grennan was paid $38,700, 0.5 times the median household income in Chicago, IL ($77,902), where 16.8% of residents live in poverty.
  • Revenue of $149,138 is $0 per resident of Chicago, IL (population 2,711,226).
  • That revenue equals 0.00% of all household income in Chicago, IL (1,160,205 households at the median $77,902, about $90,382,289,910).
MeasureCensus tract
Census Tract 314, Cook County, Illinois
Place (city or town)
Chicago, IL
County
Cook County, IL
State
Illinois
Population B010034,6972,711,2265,182,09012,694,798
Population, 2020 census P15,2212,746,3885,275,54112,812,508
Median age B0100238.935.838.039.0
Under 18 B010013.0%19.4%21.1%21.8%
65 and over B0100120.9%13.8%16.0%17.0%
Households B110013,1281,160,2052,100,2305,036,449
Foreign born B0500218.7%20.9%21.7%14.7%
Median household income B19013$93,026$77,902$83,498$83,390
Median family income B19113$150,379$95,774$104,836$106,018
Per capita income B19301$76,423$50,086$49,329$46,406
Poverty rate B170014.4%16.8%13.5%11.8%
Unemployment rate B230251.5%8.0%7.0%5.8%
Civilian labor force B230253,6241,517,3302,792,8886,652,134
Mean commute (minutes) B0801330.533.131.527.8
Bachelor's degree or higher B1500375.0%44.3%42.7%37.8%
Housing units B250013,6141,277,0542,276,4935,457,452
Owner-occupied B2500345.2%46.0%57.7%67.1%
Renters B2500354.8%54.0%42.3%32.9%
Median home value B25077$296,300$334,100$324,500$263,300
Median gross rent B25064$1,747$1,440$1,435$1,274
White, not Hispanic B0300272.7%32.1%40.1%58.1%
Black B030027.0%27.4%21.8%13.3%
Hispanic or Latino B030028.4%29.7%26.8%18.8%
Asian B030028.7%7.2%7.9%5.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native B030020.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%

Economy now FRED unemployment 4.6% in Sep 2026 (4.5% a year earlier); per capita personal income $78,987 in 2025, up 28% in five years (+3.1% after inflation); Unemployment rate: 5.7% in Sep 2016 to 4.6% in Sep 2026; low 3.6%, high 18.3% the state; Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Data: IPUMS NHGIS (ACS 2020-2024 and the 2020 census); each figure links to its table for that area at data.census.gov. Records are placed by ZIP code and city name, not street address. More: everything FURP has in Census Tract 314, Cook County, Illinois.

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