Association House of Chicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362166961
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7737727170
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,253,480
Expenses
$21,618,908
Assets
$26,495,193
Liabilities
$7,365,283

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE RODRIGUEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JUAN CARLOS LINARES (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUAN CARLOS LINARES (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $258,588 total reported compensation
  • JULIE RODRIGUEZ (VICE PRESIDENT): $152,888 total reported compensation
  • MARGARITA ROSAS (CFO): $124,426 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. Since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. We used a trauma informed, culturally responsible model to promote health and wellness and create opportunities for economic advancement. With a staff of over 220 professionals, association house is a pillar in the greater humboldt park community and has served multiple generations of chicagoans in need. Association house's programs serve predominately low-income latinx and african american individuals and families across the chicagoland area. During the previous fiscal year, association house directly serves thousands of individuals of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2024

Association house high school: offers a new path to graduation for 16 to 21 years olds in chicago who have been left behind by the traditional school system. With small class sizes and a focus on individual learning, association house offers students compassionate, immediate, and specialized social and academic support. Mentoring and tutoring services are provided to ensure that students are well prepared for graduation, and pathways are created for college, trade school, or viable employment. Additionally, the family literacy program provides on-site child care, early childhood education, and training to parent students.community health and workforce development: association house offers programs in response to community need for health and wellness education and community empowerment. Association house's integrative approach to workforce development helps participants meet their basic needs, while gaining education and developing hard and soft skills to improve their employability and achieve economic stability. We provide access to workforce development opportunities focused on financial careers, digital literacy training, culinary training and assistance with resumes and job placement. Additionally, staff offer support for public benefits screening and emergency food assistance throughout the program. The community health programs provide direct, community-focused education and services through programs that address persistent health and wellness needs. These culturally affirming and bilingual programs implement preventive and intervention strategies to promote physical, social, and emotional well-being. We strive to increase health and wellness at every age by providing nutrition workshops, physical fitness activities, health screenings, and more. Staff are certified to provide bilingual youth and adult mental health first aid training to community partners and the public. Participants have workforce development opportunities focused on financial careers training, technology, and customer service training that helps clients move from job readiness to job placement. A continuum of services that promotes education, training, and economic self-sufficiency helps families improve the quality of their lives. Association house offers basic computer education in english and spanish, microsoft office certification the week where individuals can print and fax resumes at no charge, and find assistance to search and apply for jobs. Association house kitchen equips is a fast-paced food preparation training to equip graduates for positions in professional kitchens. Staff are also available to offer support for public benefits screening and emergency food assistance. Lucha: provides bilingual (english/spanish), hud-compliant housing counseling for low- to moderate- income households, including prepurchase, one-on-one counseling, six hour homebuyer education workshops, and post-purchase counseling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $18.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $259K · 30 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.4M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.