Just One Chesed INC

Tax-deductible

Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Since 2015Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 47-5615860Revenue $1.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSjustonechesed.org119 S Western Ave Unit 1 # 308, 60612-4644 · Chicago, ILTax-exempt since Oct 2019Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To raise funds to distribute to the poor, to educate people about importance of giving charity and spreading kindness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 15 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $291K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$85K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 81% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $269K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$16K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
-58% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2025▼ -58%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$177K
FY2021$428K
FY2022$610K
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$1.0M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2025▼ -56%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$260K
FY2022$606K
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$49K
FY2021$218K
FY2022$222K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2018-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2019.

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

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 21% · $228K Fundraising 2% · $23K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jerry Latinik’s $85K as President is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Jerry Latinik$85,000$85,000$85,000$82,917$30,000

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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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

Distributes funds to the poor and educates people on charity and kindness.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Moneys raised to help equip soldiers with necessary equipment and also to feed the soldiers in combat.

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

Created an application for students to use to log and track their volunteer hours.

$167Kprogram expense
03

Marathon to raise money

$9Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Managementcol C$228K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$125K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$1.4M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$125K$125K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$85K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$95$95
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$23K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$14K$14K
TravelLn 17$35K$35K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$420K$360K$60K
All other expensesLn 24e$442K$423K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$2.7M$228K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.0M$1.1M−$35K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$2.4M$31K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.9M$5.6M$1.3M$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $610K$606K$4K$222K 990 PDF
FY2021 $428K$260K$168K$218K 990 PDF
FY2020 $177K$49K 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 $1,037,658 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,398,730$1,630,942
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $47,977$53,721
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,636−$647,005
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,467,343$1,037,658
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,271,315$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $165,458$91,503
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $999,091$980,922
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,435,864$1,072,425
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $31,479−$34,767
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,037,658 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,630,942
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,630,942
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $53,721$53,721
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$647,005
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $53,721 · Excluded from tax $0$1,037,658
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,072,425 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $85,000$85,000
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $6,508$6,503
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $95$95
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,000$1,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $23,189$23,189
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,498$22,498
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $14,219$14,219
IX-17 TravelManagement $34,978$34,978
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $16,527$16,527
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,895$6,895
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $359,795 · Management $59,784$419,579
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $422,701 · Management $19,241$441,942
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,710,649 · Management $227,720 · Fundraising $23,189$1,072,425
Part X · Balance sheet $1,529,752 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,422,731$1,395,242
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $9,800$9,800
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $124,710$124,710
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,557,241$1,529,752
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,428$15,706
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,428$15,706
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,548,813$1,514,046
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,548,813$1,514,046
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,557,241$1,529,752
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,514,046 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,037,658
XI-2 Total expenses$1,072,425
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$34,767
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,548,813
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,514,046

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

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