2016-11-11T15:42:36-06:00 2015-12-31 420714325 RSM US LLP 1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800 CHICAGO IL 60606 990 2015-01-01 363786331 Chicago Lights CHIC 3127874570 126 E Chestnut Street Chicago IL 60611 Ken Walker Treasurer 3127874570 2016-11-11 1 Marek Rozowicz P01616027 3126343400 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Debbie Frisch 126 E Chestnut Street Chicago IL 60611 2533200 0 X www.chicagolights.org X 1991 IL To provide hope and opportunity to our city's children, youth, and adults who face the challenge of poverty. Through supportive relationships and diverse programs, we empower people to thrive academically, secure economic stability, lead healthy lives, and build community. 21 20 0 1000 0 0 1779914 1854083 59449 53669 0 0 275372 438593 2114735 2346345 148891 173695 0 0 1255701 1386799 0 0 223763 527758 636061 1932350 2196555 182385 149790 763481 985426 153657 225812 609824 759614 X Chicago Lights provides hope and opportunity to Chicago's children, youth, and adults facing the challenges of poverty. Chicago Lights empowers people to thrive academically, secure economic stability, lead healthy lives, and build community. 0 0 584478 71690 Tutoring: This program provides one-to-one tutoring/mentoring, need-based academic scholarships, improves opportunities for educational success, and fosters positive relationships between students and tutors. The program serves over 400 students (first through twelfth grades) who are living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Chicago in more than 30 Chicago zip codes. 296152 16170 Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program at Nancy B. Jefferson School (NBJ): This program is the only one-to-one tutoring program available to the youth incarcerated in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. The main goal of the program is to give some of Chicago's most vulnerable children - students between the ages of 11 and 17 who are awaiting trial, sentencing or serving time in jail - the opportunity to foster literacy, encourage self-expression and build self-esteem through a better understanding of themselves and their surroundings. The art and writing of the approximately 150 students served is published through a yearly anthology which honors their creativity amidst dire surroundings. This program is fully supported by an annual operating grant. 290195 59505 6308 Elam Davies Social Service Center (EDSSC): EDSSC meets basic human needs and supports persons on their journey toward greater stability and self-sufficiency. Services include a food pantry, distribution of clothing, housing information and assistance, community voice mail, job readiness training, support groups, advocacy, and case management. There are no geographic boundaries or eligibility requirements, except for our food pantry due to the restrictions of the Greater Chicago Food Depository which supplies 90% of the food. 261765 23046 Urban Farm: The Chicago Lights Urban Farm increases economic opportunities for youth and community residents in the Cabrini Green neighborhood through access to organic produce, nutritional education, workforce training, and microenterprise development. Children are offered opportunities to learn urban agriculture practices and cooking techniques and to participate in arts and science activities. 144937 6525 CL Dance Academy: Chicago Lights Dance Academy promotes learning and creative self-expression through dance classes taught by professional artists throughout the school year for nearly 1,000 students who attend under-resourced elementary schools in Chicago. 123225 1620 Summer Day (SD): Summer Day provides a safe place to learn and engage in academic classes and arts activities for 100 1st through 9th graders for 6 weeks each summer. Students primarily from the Near North, West Town, and Humboldt Park neighborhoods come to the Church for classroom instruction in writing, reading, and math in the mornings; and art workshops in dance, drama, art, music and digital music production in the afternoons. Field trips throughout the Chicagoland area and enrichment classes such as yoga, healthy eating, and computer skills are also included in the six-week curriculum. At the end of the program, the children present a dynamic, multicultural music, dance and drama performance for the community. 42500 42500 General operating support for the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. 572427 42500 31191 1743252 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 21 20 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 IL X Martin Sherrod 3122743818 126 E Chestnut Chicago IL 60611 John Borovicka President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Debbie Frisch Vice President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Ken Walker Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 John Shonkwiler Treasurer (until 5/10) 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Susan Kostiwa Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Barton Tretheway Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Van Klompenberg Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Chad Tisher Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Christopher Gentry Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Craig Naish Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Joho Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Elaine Scales Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Atkinson Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ellen Gignilliat Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Beckman Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Hope Daniels Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jon Findley Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lafayette Kyle Ford Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Linnea L Schramm Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lola Coke Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Sanderson Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Rick Sabol Director (until 5/10) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Crouch Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Roderick Gedey Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ryann Ariano Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Terra Winston Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Victoria Curtiss Director 2.00 30.00 X 0 48410 55121 William D Patterson Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Stacy Jackson Executive Director 40.00 X 0 94514 12906 0 142924 68027 0 0 0 0 0 160170 131997 1561916 1854083 Urban Farm 611600 23046 23046 Nancy B. Jefferson Sch 611600 16170 16170 CL Academic Success in 611600 6525 6525 Elam Davies Social Ser 611600 6308 6308 Summer Day Program 611600 1620 1620 53669 625448 160170 186855 438593 438593 2346345 53669 0 438593 42500 42500 131195 131195 210951 163743 23087 24121 939499 729250 102821 107428 9573 7239 2002 332 150138 127880 4727 17531 76638 58143 9512 8983 12129 12129 90282 81011 9271 25438 2174 23264 81285 49500 11320 20465 39093 34679 4414 120328 85614 27022 7692 64022 59959 4063 19211 14328 4883 7945 7945 Elam Davies Social Serv 36306 36306 Chicago Avenue Outreach 29918 29918 Tutoring Program 19400 19400 Literacy Program at Nan 16852 16852 73852 45616 14289 13947 2196555 1743252 229540 223763 626107 845014 25000 2750 50140 46869 115952 25159 62234 90793 763481 985426 59357 70422 73250 55581 21050 99809 153657 225812 X 437145 473200 172679 286414 609824 759614 763481 985426 149790 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1822724 1557303 1723148 1779914 1854083 8737172 1822724 1557303 1723148 1779914 1854083 8737172 8737172 157 157 8737329 1473824 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 115952 25159 90793 90793 Due to Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago 99809 99809 X 2319299 0 2319299 27046 27046 2346345 2169509 0 2169509 27046 27046 2196555 Part X, Line 2: Income taxes: The accounting standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this guidance, Chicago Lights may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of Chicago Lights and various positions related to the potential sources of unrelated business taxable income. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Management has determined that there are no uncertain tax positions during the reporting periods covered by these financial statements. Chicago Lights files Form 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and the State of Illinois. Chicago Lights is generally no longer subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for years before 2012. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Grant to Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago 42,500. Board Gala Event Fundraising expenses -15,454. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Grant to Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago 42,500. Board Gala Event Fundraising expenses -15,454. Mission Benefit 737202 160140 577062 100769 9950 60682 Board Gala Event 48416 30 48386 4000 9500 900 1054 785618 160170 625448 4000 110269 10850 61736 186855 438593 1 Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago 126 E Chestnut Street Chicago IL 60611 362167080 501(c)(3) 42500 General Operating Support 1 Tuition 26 71690 CCT Teaching Artists Stipends 3 59505 Part I, Line 2: The grants awarded are for private school tuition paid on behalf of students. Chicago Lights pays the schools directly. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The sole member of the corporation is Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Illinois, a not-for-profit corporation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Directors of the Corporation shall be appointed annually to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors by the Board of Directors from a slate of candidates provided by the nominating committee of Fourth Presbyterian Church for those Directors who are members of the church and by the Corporation's Board from a slate provided by the Corporation's nominating committee. The Board shall appoint a Director to serve on the nominating committee of the Church and shall provide the nominating committee with criteria, qualifications, and expected responsibilities of Directors to be elected. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The Treasurer, Executive Director, Director of Business Administration, and Controller perform a detailed review of the Form 990 prior to filing. A final draft is circulated to each board member for any final revisions prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Board members are required to sign the conflict of interest policy, disclosing any interests that could give rise to conflicts, on an annual basis. The conflict of interest policy is monitored periodically through the year by the CEO and certain board members. If a conflict exists, the conflicted board member(s) may not vote on decisions involving their interests. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Chicago Lights Board of Directors in collaboration with the Personnel Committee of Fourth Presbyterian Church determines the compensation of the Executive Director. Directors with a conflict of interest, if any, are excluded from the compensation decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Chicago Lights makes its governing documents, policies, and financial statements available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC Section 6104(d). 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