Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1934.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
58 people listed on the 990; $1.9M paid to officers and key staff.
Nicole Robinson’s $301K as CEO is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Robinson | $301,277 | $306,050 | $288,238 | — | — | — |
| Dorri McWhorter | — | — | — | $144,525 | $247,449 | $216,750 |
| Shelley Bromberek Lambert | — | $224,750 | — | — | — | — |
| Shelley Bromberek-Lambert | — | — | $222,317 | $206,127 | $163,381 | $131,390 |
| Shelley Bromberek Lambert 021025 | $217,386 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Catherine B Kearney | — | — | $204,158 | — | — | — |
| Anjanette Brown | $177,800 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emily Dreke | $162,802 | $177,469 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See YWCA Metropolitan Chicago executive salaries →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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers women of color in Chicago through job training, financial education, housing assistance, and small business support to help close the racial wealth gap.
Questions for YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
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Unleashing Youth and Family Potential
Head start and early head startearly head start and head start programs are the backbone of a strong childcare ecosystem, ensuring children are ready for school and supporting parents at work or in their businesses.
Advancing safety, healing and belonging sexual violence support services driving the ywca's advancing healing, safety, and belonging strategy, the sexual violence and support services program (SVSS) at ywca metropolitan chicago is illinois' largest provider of sexual violence services.
Driving economic equityywca metropolitan chicago empowers people, especially women of color, with job skills training, financial sustainability, and asset acquisition to help close the racial wealth gap.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 22 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 24 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 20 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 19 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $547K | $547K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $3.7M | $4.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.1M | $2.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $30.0M | $31.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $12.6M | $14.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $17.4M | $17.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $6.0M | $6.0M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $1.6M | $1.6M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.3M | $353K | $805K | $177K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $16.9M | $14.6M | $1.4M | $878K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $290K | $251K | $26K | $13K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $2.0M | $1.6M | $253K | $100K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $179K | $90K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $45K | $1K | $44K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $231K | $231K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $4K | $4K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.9M | $1.1M | $824K | $44K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $445K | $362K | $51K | $32K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $416K | $361K | $41K | $14K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $822K | $676K | $112K | $35K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $72K | $202K |
| TravelLn 17 | $401K | $338K | $54K | $8K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $111K | $99K | $11K | $1K |
| InterestLn 20 | $141K | $141K | ||
| Payments to affiliatesLn 21 | $50K | $50K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $359K | $359K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $161K | $142K | $11K | $7K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.4M | $975K | $364K | $77K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $38.3M | $31.6M | $5.0M | $1.7M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 5, 2026 | $37.9M | $38.2M | −$279K | $18.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2025 | $37.0M | $38.3M | −$1.3M | $17.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 | $36.8M | $40.4M | −$3.6M | $17.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $36.6M | $38.7M | −$2.1M | $19.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $39.5M | $32.8M | $6.8M | $24.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $21.5M | $22.7M | −$1.2M | $14.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $37,009,276 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 45 of 45 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $37,009,276 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $38,331,478 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $31,732,767 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,269,750 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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