EIN 36-4070692

Ladder Up

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
29
Year formed
1996
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Ladder Up provides free tax prep, financial aid, and education to help low-income individuals access financial resources and climb the economic ladder.
Also known as...
City-Wide Tax Assistance Program
Total revenues
$2,908,523
2022
Total expenses
$2,417,943
2022
Total assets
$3,814,683
2022
Num. employees
29
2022

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
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Polk Bros FoundationEducation$115,000
The Bank of America Charitable FoundationProgram/operating Support$50,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF)Community & Human Services$45,000
...and 21 more grants received totalling $354,179

Personnel at Ladder Up

NameTitleCompensation
Kathleen StarkExecutive Director$138,816
Christine Cheng FormerPast Executive Director$80,229
Robert M BurkePresident$0
John ChandlerSecretary$0
Christine ChengPast Executive Director$96,559

Financials for Ladder Up

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,764,640
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$61,002
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$6,907
Net income from fundraising events$75,974
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,908,523

Form 990s for Ladder Up

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-03-08990View PDF
2021-062021-12-22990View PDF
2020-062021-04-12990View PDF
2019-062021-10-22990View PDF
2018-062019-03-15990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
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/ 
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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