Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1938.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
19 people listed on the 990; $648K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Friedman | $264,676 | $264,676 | $267,714 | $251,657 | — | — |
| Kimberley Perez | — | — | — | — | $192,658 | $194,970 |
| Nijole Yutkowitz | — | — | $182,480 | $127,137 | $130,993 | $111,623 |
| Damika Hayden | $149,144 | $149,144 | $123,455 | — | — | — |
| Linda Hageman | — | — | — | — | $129,178 | $141,705 |
| Jorina Fontelera | $135,065 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jorina Fontelera | — | $135,065 | $99,108 | — | — | — |
| Simone Wheeler | — | — | — | $109,204 | $106,962 | $41,204 |
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.
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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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Builds families through adoption, supports them through challenges, and strengthens communities via education.
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Adoption & Family Support
Cradle staff provides emotional support and options counseling for expectant parents free of CHARGE.CRADLE staff provide home study assessment and prepartion for hopeful adoptive families. Lifelong emotional and educational support services for birth parents, adoptive families, and adopted individuals is available through post adoption…
Nursery and Interim Care
In FY2025, the cradle transitioned from an onsite nursery to newborn interim care provided through a collaborative agreement with a chicago area human service agency. - the nursery provides a safe, neutral place for infants to stay while their parents take time to decide if adoption will be the plan for their child.
Education & Engagement
The cradle hosts webinars, courses, and workshops to help families increase their understanding of the joys and challenges of adoption and parenting. In FY2025, the cradle received 11,071 enrollments for interactive, adoption-related courses and webinars.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $145K | $168K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $0 | $0 |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.4M | $2.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $18.7M | $18.9M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $377K | $423K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $18.3M | $18.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $0 | |||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $0 | |||
| Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4 | $0 | |||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $647K | $495K | $152K | |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $0 | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $329K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $0 | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $603K | $506K | $98K | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $0 | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $0 | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $0 | |||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $0 | |||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $0 | |||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $0 | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $486K | $194K | $292K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $215K | $171K | $44K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $40K | $24K | $16K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $0 | |||
| RoyaltiesLn 15 | $0 | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $147K | $111K | $36K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $13K | $10K | $3K | |
| Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18 | $0 | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $10K | $742 | $10K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $104K | $104K | ||
| Payments to affiliatesLn 21 | $0 | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $135K | $103K | $32K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $108K | $1K | $107K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $154K | $68K | $85K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $57K | $31K | $26K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.5M | $3.2M | $1.3M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $5.3M | $4.5M | $797K | $18.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $6.2M | $5.0M | $1.2M | $18.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $5.0M | $4.9M | $90K | $16.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $4.5M | $4.1M | $423K | $14.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.2M | $4.2M | $955K | $19.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $175K | $15.9M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,337,054 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,539,713 across 31 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $18,888,031 assets, 24 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,464,799 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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