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Bears Care

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Lake Forest, IL501(c)(3)Foundations & Grantmakers EIN 20-3902715Revenue $2.6M in FY2024

On file with the IRSchicagobears.com/community/bearscare.asp1920 Football Dr, 60045-4829 · Lake Forest, ILTax-exempt since Nov 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To support programs designed to positivel impact people in the areas of education, youth athletics, and medical research & health awareness with an emphasis on breast & ovarian cance

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 75 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $423K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
+0.5% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$797K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +0.5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.6M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.9M
Net assets
$797K
FY2024▼ -28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$728K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$797K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $2.8M Management & general 4% · $129K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Jerry Azumah
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ms Barbara McCaskey
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brandon Faber
Director (thru May)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kevin Warren
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Marge Hamm
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Funds programs improving education, youth sports, and breast/ovarian cancer awareness and research.

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1 program · $2.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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To issue grants for the support of programs focused on improving the quality of life for people in the chicagoland community in the areas of education, youth athletics, and medical research awareness programs focusing on breast and ovarian cancer.

$2.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
National Football League FoundationFY2024$266K
The Kadens Family FoundationFY2024$50K
Kevin and Greta Warren Family FoundationFY2024$25K
Jane Wilson and David Mayhew Stone Charitable TrustFY2024$18K
Rush University Medical CenterFY2024$17K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$16K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$13K
Robin Dearden & Bryan Cranston Charitable TrFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 10 funders$423K
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Grants paid · 69 grants · $10.1M · 2020–2024
Rush University Medical CenterIL · FY2024$520,000
Northwestern Memorial HealthcareIL · FY2024$203,000
Endeavor Health Clinical OperationsIL · FY2024$200,000
Hope Chicago INCIL · FY2024$200,000
University of ChicagoIL · FY2024$170,000
Chicago Parks FoundationIL · FY2024$155,000
Big Shoulders FundIL · FY2024$100,000
Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis FoundationIL · FY2024$78,133
Youth GuidanceIL · FY2024$75,000
Build INCIL · FY2024$75,000
Urban Growers Collective INCIL · FY2024$70,000
Greater Auburn-Gresham Development CorporationIL · FY2024$55,000
Imagine Englewood If NfpIL · FY2024$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability LabIL · FY2024$50,000
Midtown-Metro Achievement CentersIL · FY2024$35,000
Gildas Club ChicagoIL · FY2024$30,000
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan ChicagoIL · FY2024$30,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest IndianaIL · FY2024$30,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$84K
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$129K
Owns and owesPt X
$797K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$797K
Total assetsLn 16$797K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$204K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$813K
Investment incomeLn 3$84K
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$797K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$797K
Total assetsLn 16$797K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$797K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$797K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$797K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$797K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2.8M$2.8M
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$25K$25K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$34K
TravelLn 17$17K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$2.8M$129K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.6M$2.9M−$314K$797K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$2.7M−$99K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.2M$2.7M$482K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$2.3M−$301K$728K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.6M$1.1M$485K$1.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,629,738 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,050,738$2,572,180
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $78,811$84,494
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $487,070−$26,936
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,616,619$2,629,738
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,647,358$2,814,843
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $67,968$129,131
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,715,326$2,943,974
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$98,707−$314,236
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,629,738 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $83,648 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$812,546
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,759,634
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$203,914
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,572,180
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $84,494$84,494
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$110,584−$110,584
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $57,558$2,629,738
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,943,974 across 7 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,814,843$2,814,843
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $33,195$33,195
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $24,514$24,514
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $34,271$34,271
IX-17 TravelManagement $17,262$17,262
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,768$1,768
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $18,121$18,121
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,814,843 · Management $129,131 · Fundraising $0$2,943,974
Part X · Balance sheet $796,769 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,111,005$796,769
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,111,005$796,769
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,060,645$654,545
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,360$142,224
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,111,005$796,769
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,111,005$796,769
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $796,769 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,629,738
XI-2 Total expenses$2,943,974
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$314,236
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,111,005
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$796,769

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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