I Am Logan Square

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 274553910
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 7732784257
Rating: 72
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue: $4,470
Expenses: $32,804
Assets: $98,122
Liabilities: $11,750

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GEARY YONKER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

ESAM HAMI (DIRECTOR)
CHARLIE OCKERLUND (SECRETARY)
GEARY YONKER (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote and increase awareness of the arts while enhancing cultural development in chicago's logan square neighborhood

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 we provided $1000 each in matching funds for local charitable organizations and sponsored a local art installation in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 76
Transparency & Controls: 74
Sustainability: 31
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 35.2%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -633.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.99; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 35.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.