Reclaiming Chicago Nfp C/o Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871779486
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7733412067
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,960,921
Expenses
$1,187,034
Assets
$41,920,929
Liabilities
$21,226,204

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICHOLAS BRUNICK (PRESIDENT)
  • SHENITA MUSE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NICHOLAS BRUNICK (PRESIDENT)
  • SHENITA MUSE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHANGWE PARKER (SECRETARY)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Obtaining funds to support chicago neighborhood initiatives, inc, lawndale christian development corporation, southwest organizing project, the resurrection project, hope center foundation, and united power in their missions to building or rehabilitating affordable homes at scale for sale to low and moderate-income families in neighborhoods on the south and west sides of chicago.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.8%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 35.32; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 87.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 36.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.8% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.