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Empowers residents to organize for improvements in education, housing, and economic justice. For fiscal year 2019 it reported $417K in revenue, $409K in expenses, and $25K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Unknown exempt organization · Nonprofit
Location
Chicago, IL
Website
bt-chicago.org
Filings
2 on file (2019–2019)
Revenue
$417KFY2019
Expenses
$409K
Net assets
$25K
People
3
Filings
2
Updates
0
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EIN  36-3983087 Unknown exempt organization Chicago, IL
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Empowers residents to organize for improvements in education, housing, and economic justice.
Leadership
Keith Kelley · Rj Coordinator · $540K
Money in and out
$417K revenue, $409K expenses
Bottom line
+2% surplus margin
Reported financial activity · FY2019
Total revenue
$417K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$409K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$25K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $8K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.87 Management & general $0.13
Surplus margin
+2%
revenue over expenses, this year
Program spending
87%
of expenses reach programs

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2019 · Form 990
Revenue
$417K
FY2019
Expenses
$409K
FY2019
Total assets
$25K
FY2019
Total liabilities
$0
FY2019
Total revenue
$417K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$409K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$25K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$8K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$25K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B87%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 39
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CBlocks Together
EINHdr · item D36-3983087
Principal addressHdr · item CChicago, IL
WebsiteHdr · item Jbt-chicago.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MIL
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFNonprofit
Ruling yearIRS BMFpending

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a9
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1bpending
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Rj Coordinator
$540,000Pt VII · Sec A
Rj Coordinator
$226,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2020FY2019
Keith Kelley$540,000
Carolina Gaete$326,000$60,000
Try Whiters$226,000
Troy Withers$63,000

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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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $345K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
01

Resource Coordinator providing Trauma Informed, Parent and student leadership programming

$345Kprogram expense
02

School Based Parent Leadership Trauma Informed Restorative Programming

Pt IX · col B
03

Youth Violence Prevention leadership development program

Pt IX · col B

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$417K
— government grantsLn 1e$325K
Total revenueLn 12$417K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.87 Management & general $0.13
Program services87%$354K
Management & general13%$55K
Total functional expensesLn 25$409K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$25K
Total assetsLn 16$25K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$0
Total net assetsLn 32$25K
Months of cash on handcomputed0.7

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2019 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $25K · Operating expenses/yr $409K
0.7 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $354K · Total expenses $409K
87%
Management & General
Management & general $55K · Total expenses $409K
13%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $409K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $0 · Solicited contributions $92K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $417K · Total revenue $417K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants $325K · Total revenue $417K
78%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $417K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $417K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $409K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $417K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $25K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $417K · Expenses $409K
+2%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $25K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $25K · Total assets $25K
100%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $25K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Keith Kelley · Reported title RJ Coordinator · Highest reported compensation $540K · Total expenses $409K
132%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $354K · Total expenses $409K
87%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 87%
Overhead ratio 13%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$205K
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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2020 (Latest)$518K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2019$417K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2019IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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