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Living Works

  • Chicago, IL
  • Tax-exempt since Aug. 1998
  • EIN: 36-3946012

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: Youth Development N.E.C. (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$181k (2024)

Expenses
$188k (2024)

Total Assets
$59k (2024)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2014 to 2024

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 June
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$181,204
Expenses
$187,724
Net Income
-$6,520
Net Assets
$58,970
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $115,667
63.8%
Program Services $65,072
35.9%
Investment Income $875
0.5%
Net Fundraising -$410
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,970
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $58,970
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Susan Ormesher (Chair) $0 $0
Glen Van Alkemade (Treasurer) $0 $0
Lea Tienou Gustafson (Secretary) $0 $0
Karl Mckinney (Director) $0 $0
Christa Clumpner (Director) $0 $0
Beverly Richardson (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 12, 2024

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$150,144
Expenses
$166,104
Net Income
-$15,960
Net Assets
$65,490
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $100,288
66.8%
Program Services $51,093
34.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising -$1,237
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $65,490
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $65,490
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Susan Ormesher (Chair) $0 $0
Sarah Pooler (Treasurer) $0 $0
Lea Tienou Gustafson (Secretary) $0 $0
Karl Mckinney (Director) $0 $0
Christa Clumpner (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$186,797
Expenses
$130,180
Net Income
$56,617
Net Assets
$81,450
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $139,558
74.7%
Program Services $44,568
23.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $2,671
1.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $81,450
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $81,450
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Susan Ormesher (Chair) $0 $0
Sarah Pooler (Treasurer) $0 $0
Brandon Ash (Secretary) $0 $0
Lea Tienou Gustafson (Director) $0 $0
Karl Mckinney (Director) $0 $0
Christa Clumpner (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$121,011
Expenses
$109,242
Net Income
$11,769
Net Assets
$24,833
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $80,306
66.4%
Program Services $40,705
33.6%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $31,083
Total Liabilities $6,250
Net Assets $24,833
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Susan Ormesher (Chair) $0 $0
Sarah Pooler (Treasurer) $0 $0
Brandon Ash (Secretary) $0 $0
Lea Tienou Gustafson (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$90,632
Expenses
$94,020
Net Income
-$3,388
Net Assets
$13,064
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $58,724
64.8%
Program Services $26,590
29.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $5,312
5.9%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $6
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $13,064
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $13,064

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$92,943
Expenses
$96,808
Net Income
-$3,865
Net Assets
$16,452
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $58,841
63.3%
Program Services $32,645
35.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $1,384
1.5%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $73
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $16,452
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $16,452

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$93,319
Expenses
$99,116
Net Income
-$5,797
Net Assets
$20,317
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $59,274
63.5%
Program Services $32,529
34.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $1,516
1.6%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $20,317
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $20,317

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$103,523
Expenses
$109,380
Net Income
-$5,857
Net Assets
$26,114
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $103,148
99.6%
Program Services $375
0.4%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $26,114
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $26,114
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Vincent Lamb (Co Director & Board Member) $16,515 $0
Mariah Johnson (Treasurer) $0 $0
Timothy Peeples (Chairman) $0 $0
Sue Ormesher (Secretary & Co Director) $0 $0
Diane Arthur (Board Member) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 9, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$82,582
Expenses
$67,713
Net Income
$14,869
Net Assets
$31,971
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $63,223
76.6%
Program Services $19,359
23.4%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $31,971
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $31,971
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Vincent Lamb (Co Director & Board Member) $16,135 $0
Amy Chick (Treasurer) $0 $0
Timothy Peeples (Chairman) $0 $0
Sue Ormesher (Secretary) $0 $0
Olga Mest (Board Member) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Sept. 7, 2016

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

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PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$57,100
Expenses
$58,424
Net Income
-$1,324
Net Assets
$0
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $57,005
99.8%
Program Services $95
0.2%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $0
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $0
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Vincent Lamb (After School Co Director) $23,173 $0
Timothy Peeples (Chairman) $0 $0
Sue Ormesher (Secretary) $0 $0
Olga Mest (Board Member) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 5, 2016

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

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PDF XML
PDF (2 of 3) PDF (3 of 3)

Fiscal Year Ending June
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$75,407
Expenses
$79,007
Net Income
-$3,600
Net Assets
$17,096
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $75,067
99.5%
Program Services $340
0.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $17,096
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $17,096

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.
2013

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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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