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Chicagoland Construction Safety Council

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Hillside, IL501(c)(3)Community DevelopmentEIN 36-3312911Revenue $1.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSbuildsafe.org4415 Harrison St Ste 404, 60162-1955 · Hillside, ILTax-exempt since May 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Develop/present construction safety training courses on-site and off-site.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
59¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 65 volunteers and 14 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
59%
of spending
Worth a look: 59% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$273K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 53% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.1 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$471K
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
59%
Net assets
$459K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.4M
Net assets
$459K
FY2025▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$471K
FY2022$494K
FY2023$421K
FY2024$407K
FY2025$459K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1991.

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

Where the money goes

59 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 59% · $850K Management & general 41% · $591K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $273K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Robert Lahey
President & CEO
$165,535Pt VII · Sec A
Timothy Janis
Safety Training Specialist
$107,666Pt VII · Sec A
Dan Ruane
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sal Cerami
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dave Cooper
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jon Norris
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Lahey’s $166K as President & CEO is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Robert Lahey$165,535$175,961$170,608$159,520$140,842
Timothy Janis$107,666————
Paul Satti————$107,275

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides on-site and off-site construction safety training courses.

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1 program · $850K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The Chicagoland Construction Safety Council develops and delivers a year-round safety training curriculum that improves employee performance and prevents accidents, injuries and fatalities in the workplace.

$850Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 3 grants · $83K · 2020–2022
Latino Worker Safety CenterIL · FY2022$12,840
Latino Worker Safety CenterIL · FY2021$27,415
Latino Worker Safety CenterIL · FY2020$42,528

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$877K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$502K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$850K
Managementcol C$591K
Owns and owesPt X
$459K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10K
Total assetsLn 16$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$471K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$502K
Government grantsLn 1e$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$877K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$10K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$265K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Other assetsLn 15$416K
Total assetsLn 16$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$471K
Net assetsLn 32$459K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$57K$10K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$351K$265K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$429K$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$471K
Net assetsLn 32$407K$459K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$265K$147K$118K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$279K$178K$102K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$15K$9K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$88K$52K$35K
Payroll taxesLn 10$40K$24K$16K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$42K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$63K$3K$60K
Office expensesLn 13$69K$2K$66K
Information technologyLn 14$27K$27K
OccupancyLn 16$130K$78K$52K
TravelLn 17$22K$11K$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$60K$52K$9K
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$31K$31K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$302K$293K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$850K$591K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.4M−$44K$459K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M−$40K$407K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.4M−$88K$421K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.3M$56K$494K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$1.3M$2K$471K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,396,816 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $660,854$501,894
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $666,218$876,592
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $11,075$18,330
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,018$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,350,165$1,396,816
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $556,669$686,431
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $833,815$754,268
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,390,484$1,440,699
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$40,319−$43,883
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-14 Document retention and destruction 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-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,396,816 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$24,802
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$477,092
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$501,894
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $876,592$876,592
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,777$10,777
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $7,553$7,553
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $884,145 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10,777$1,396,816
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,440,699 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $147,004 · Management $118,014$265,018
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $177,530 · Management $101,630$279,160
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,792 · Management $5,950$14,742
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $52,318 · Management $35,408$87,726
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,727 · Management $16,058$39,785
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,880$2,880
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $41,916$41,916
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,001 · Management $60,141$63,142
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,367 · Management $66,188$68,555
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $27,082$27,082
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $78,115 · Management $52,077$130,192
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,947 · Management $10,904$21,851
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $51,520 · Management $8,590$60,110
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,503$1,503
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,986$4,986
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $30,539$30,539
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $293,191 · Management $8,321$301,512
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $850,015 · Management $590,684 · Fundraising $0$1,440,699
Part X · Balance sheet $930,391 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $57,314$10,362
X-4 Accounts receivable$189,262
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$8,688
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$25,352
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,909$15,924
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $350,917$264,636
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$416,167
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $429,140$930,391
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,408$31,693
X-19 Deferred revenue$12,960
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$426,504
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,408$471,157
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $406,732$459,234
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $406,732$459,234
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $429,140$930,391
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $459,234 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,396,816
XI-2 Total expenses$1,440,699
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$43,883
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$406,732
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$11,574
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$84,811
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$459,234

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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