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Guiding Word Counseling

  • Chicago, IL
  • Tax-exempt since April 2008
  • EIN: 26-0590532

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Education N.E.C. (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$89.5k (2023)

Expenses
$91.5k (2023)

Total Assets
$172k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$89,478
Expenses
$91,500
Net Income
-$2,022
Net Assets
$172,195
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $79,045
88.3%
Program Services $10,433
11.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $172,195
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $172,195
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
John Chao (General Manager) $48,000 $0
Grace Chao (President) $36,000 $0
Wangpin K Yang (Treasurer) $0 $0
Chih Hung Peng (Director) $0 $0
Kuo Feng Peng (Assistant) $0 $0
Fongchu Liu (Director) $0 $0
Jingchao Zhang (Assistant) $0 $0
Tao Fu (Director) $0 $0
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Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on May 7, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$96,369
Expenses
$99,339
Net Income
-$2,970
Net Assets
$174,217
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $91,024
94.5%
Program Services $5,345
5.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $174,217
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $174,217
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
John Chao (General Manager) $48,000 $0
Grace Chao (President) $36,000 $0
Wangpin K Yang (Treasurer) $0 $0
Chih Hung Peng (Director) $0 $0
Kuo Feng Peng (Assistant) $0 $0
Fongchu Liu (Director) $0 $0
Jingchao Zhang (Assistant) $0 $0
Tao Fu (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 5, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$80,740
Expenses
$80,275
Net Income
$465
Net Assets
$177,187
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $75,690
93.7%
Program Services $5,050
6.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $177,187
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $177,187
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
John Chao (General Manager) $42,000 $0
Grace Chao (President) $30,000 $0
Wangpin K Yang (Treasurer) $0 $0
Chih Hung Peng (Director) $0 $0
Kuo Feng Peng (Assistant) $0 $0
Fongchu Liu (Director) $0 $0
Jingchao Zhang (Assistant) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 5, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$73,850
Expenses
$85,466
Net Income
-$11,616
Net Assets
$176,722
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $70,850
95.9%
Program Services $3,000
4.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $176,722
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $176,722

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$97,557
Expenses
$87,540
Net Income
$10,017
Net Assets
$188,338
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $87,257
89.4%
Program Services $10,300
10.6%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $188,338
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $188,338

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$102,543
Expenses
$92,090
Net Income
$10,453
Net Assets
$178,321
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $77,235
75.3%
Program Services $25,308
24.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $178,321
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $178,321

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$94,506
Expenses
$78,094
Net Income
$16,412
Net Assets
$167,868
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $73,056
77.3%
Program Services $21,450
22.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $169,295
Total Liabilities $1,427
Net Assets $167,868

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$81,978
Expenses
$77,200
Net Income
$4,778
Net Assets
$151,456
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $56,633
69.1%
Program Services $25,345
30.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $153,790
Total Liabilities $2,334
Net Assets $151,456

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$84,737
Expenses
$86,955
Net Income
-$2,218
Net Assets
$146,678
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $60,902
71.9%
Program Services $23,835
28.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $150,060
Total Liabilities $3,382
Net Assets $146,678

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$115,174
Expenses
$68,249
Net Income
$46,925
Net Assets
$148,896
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $79,950
69.4%
Program Services $35,224
30.6%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $148,896
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $148,896

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$80,296
Expenses
$61,163
Net Income
$19,133
Net Assets
$101,971
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $69,056
86.0%
Program Services $11,240
14.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $102,454
Total Liabilities $483
Net Assets $101,971

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$100,657
Expenses
$59,963
Net Income
$40,694
Net Assets
$82,837
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $60,173
59.8%
Program Services $40,484
40.2%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $83,393
Total Liabilities $556
Net Assets $82,837

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$75,167
Expenses
$49,693
Net Income
$25,474
Net Assets
$39,143
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $43,395
57.7%
Program Services $31,772
42.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $39,143
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $39,143

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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