2026-06-24T10:43:13-07:00 2025-12-31 261129611 ICL LLC 11 East Adams Street Suite 1650 Chicago IL 60603 990 2025-01-01 923414074 COMMUNITY DESK CHICAGO COMM 3126386992 25 E Washington Street Suite 1725 Chicago IL 60602 Ja'Net Defell President and CEO 3126386992 2026-05-15 1 James Hill P00638242 8003071008 2026-05-15 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ja' Net Defell 25 East Washington Street Suite 1725 Chicago IL 60602 2462835 0 X https://communitydeskchicago.org X 2023 IL To advance equitable economic prosperity in collaboration with historically under-resourced communities in Chicago. 9 8 8 9 0 0 602000 2455635 3962 0 242 250 1914 6950 608118 2462835 0 0 0 0 441658 764711 0 0 29481 338693 880091 780351 1644802 -172233 818033 1902765 3263088 126967 669257 1775798 2593831 Community Desk Chicago ("the Desk") is an Illinois 501 (C)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to advance equitable economic prosperity in collaboration with historically under-resourced communities. The Organization serves as a help desk and works with nonprofits, community developers and entrepreneurs to assemble the necessary capital, expertise and other resources to develop brick-and-mortar projects that foster wealth building and a high quality of life. 0 0 244416 0 0 Neighborhood Developers Initiative (NDI) - Real estate development capacity building for community-based nonprofits. NDI provides structured learning and technical coaching focused on building knowledge related to real estate development and creating the necessary strategic development plans to be successful. The initial $3M investment was leveraged to secure an additional $4.4M in capital grants and $2.7M in operating support. The program is currently operating in the Englewood, South Shore and Humboldt Park communities in Chicago. 377887 0 0 Wealth Our Way (WOW) - A new program launched in 2025 serving as the overarching initiative for shared ownership and wealth building models. The Desk's previous Community Investment Vehicle (CIV) programming is encompassed in this new initiative. These shared ownership models are emerging community development tools that help to support the revitalization of neighborhoods through real estate and small businesses. The City of Chicago seeded the WOW Capital Grant program with $4.1M to provide capital grants along with technical coaching to shared ownership models in Chicago. To date, $2.6M in capital grants were awarded. The Desk also supported an additional $1.6M in grants and loans for other shared ownership projects. 237063 0 0 CorridorLive! - Comprehensive redevelopment of commercial corridors in under-resourced communities. CorridorLive! is designed to reduce blight and high vacancy, increase local ownership and improve the quality of life for residents. The program coordinates the necessary capital and resources for corridor stabilization and long-term strategic property acquisitions to bring new products and services to the community. To date, $5.47M has been secured to support targeted corridors on the south and west side of Chicago. 53647 0 0 Budget and Bricks - Technical coaching and project navigation to assist entrepreneurs with purchasing and developing brick-and-mortar spaces in under-resourced neighborhoods. Budgets & Bricks is designed to scale businesses through property ownership, build generational wealth and improve the quality of life for residents by activating vacate storefronts. The program supports projects on the south and west sides of Chicago. To date, the Desk has supported 50 businesses and helped to secure $6.7M in capital grants and loans. 492000 0 0 The Community W.E.B. Program - In 2025, the Desk incubated The Community Wealth Ecosystem Builders (CWEB) for a one-year period. CWEB is a partner to the Desk and complements the WOW program. CWEB serves as a hub organization to coordinate, unify and propel the existing community wealth building ecosystem in Chicago, across four priority models: worker cooperatives, limited-equity housing cooperatives, community land trusts, and community investment vehicles. 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Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of The Organization and various positions related to potential sources of unrelated business taxable income. There were no unrecognized tax benefits identified or recorded as liabilities for the reporting period presented in the financial statements. The Organization files Form 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and the State of Illinois. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ja'Net Defell President and CEO 167891 0 0 0 90 0 8648 0 10834 0 187463 0 0 0 Nneka Onwuzurike Executive Director of CWEB 128541 0 0 0 42 0 1708 0 9931 0 140222 0 0 0 SB Friedman Development Advisors LLC Lance Dorn is a partner in the firm. 36950 Consulting Services 0 IFF Kirby Burkholder is the CEO of IFF 9880 Consulting Services 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of the IRS Form 990 is circulated to Board members for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annual conflict of interest statements are signed by each board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Board of Directors approved compensation of the executive director and uses comparative analysis of similar nonprofit organizations as a benchmark for such compensation granted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest disclosures, financial statements and IRS Form 990's are made available to the general public upon request. Additional time was required to prepare a complete and accurate return.