Program areas at Ladder Up
Tax Assistance program:ladder Up operates one of the largest and oldest state-wide volunteer income Tax Assistance programs of its kind, offering both in-person and digital services to over 15,000 individuals across Illinois. Ladder Up provides families with free, high-quality Tax preparation and an alternative to paid Tax preparers. Ladder Up, as part of its continued response to the pandemic, offers multiple types of services as well as multiple safety protocols to ensure the safety of its clients and volunteers.
Financial capability program:ladder Up provides year-round workshops, coordinates savings campaigns, and offers financial coaching to help clients set financial goals and manage major life financial events. In addition to this, Ladder Up highly values and supports its free application training for federal student aid (fafsa) and completion workshops at high schools for schools and community partners.
Low-income Tax clinic:ladder Up provides free, high quality professional repressentation to low-income Tax payers facing an irs or idor controversy. Through its offices, Ladder Up offers educational outreach on the earned income Tax credit, stimulus payments, advance child Tax credits, taxpayer rights, responsibilities and collection alternatives.
Who funds Ladder Up
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Ladder Up
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Kathleen Stark | Executive Director | $138,816 | 2022-06-30 |
Christine Cheng Former | Past Executive Director | $80,229 | 2021-06-30 |
Robert M Burke | President | $0 | 2023-03-08 |
John Chandler | Secretary | $0 | 2022-06-30 |
Christine Cheng | Past Executive Director | $96,559 | 2020-06-30 |
Financials for Ladder Up
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,764,640 | $2,549,976 | 8.4% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $61,002 | $44,265 | 37.8% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $6,907 | $172,968 | -96% |
Net income from fundraising events | $75,974 | $-3,800 | 2099.3% |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $2,908,523 | $2,763,409 | 5.3% |
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Data update history
June 29, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 28, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
June 18, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 16, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 18, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsFamily service centersCharities
Issues
Human services
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 350 N Orleans St C2-100
- Chicago, IL 60654
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- Website URL
- goladderup.org/Â
- Phone
- (312) 466-0771
IRS details
- EIN
- 36-4070692
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1996
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- P50: Personal Social Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 624190: Individual and Family Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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