Illinois · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO
ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,460,004 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($996,594). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $8.5M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Association House of Chicago does
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Behavioral health services association house provides an array of culturally competent and evidence-based behavioral healthcare, prevention, treatment and educational programs delivered by a team of qualified, bilingual professionals. Services are designed for people facing various challenges at different points in life including mental and physical health needs, substance abuse and addictions, families in need of support and developmental disabilities. Quality programs enhanced with strong partnerships through research and training institutions are offered in english and spanish. Highly trained and licensed professional staff, including therapists, a psychiatrist, nurses, certified community educators, case managers, and counselors offer integrated care.
$9,288,740 spentof which $106,862 as grants$183,204 earned by the program51% of program spendingCommunity 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…
$2,861,725 spentof which $640,151 as grants16% of program spendingChild welfare services the child welfare team provides support and care for vulnerable children and families. As the largest fully-bilingual child welfare team in chicago, association house serves many latinx families. Working in partnership with the illinois department of children and family services (dcfs), our goal is to ensure the safety, well-being and healthy development of children. Our services include child advocacy, parenting education and coaching, home visitation, therapy, and case management. Licensed child welfare staff care forchildren affected by trauma and provide a coordinated network of child-centered,family-focused, and community-based prevention services. Our intact family services program provides support to prevent the separation of children and families by identifying problems and risk factors and helping families obtain training and support to keep children at home. Through our foster care program, we find safe, loving homes for children when they are unable to live with their family of origin. Case managers work to achieve permanency for the child through reunification or adoption.
$4,201,715 spentof which $768,913 as grants23% of program spendingAssociation 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…
$2,038,363 spentof which $41,691 as grants11% of program spendingParticipants 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 classes, and hosts open lab hours in our technology center during the week where individuals can print and fax resumes at no charge, and find assistance to search and apply for jobs. Staff is also available to offer support for public benefits screening and emergency food assistance.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,390,543.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $20M (−19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 81% · 2018 68% · 2019 69% · 2020 74% · 2021 76% · 2022 70% · 2023 76% · 2024 76% · 2025 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Juan Carlos Linares
President and CEO
Board chair
Nancy Johnson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $644k → $923k.
8 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 35% · 2019 39% · 2020 26% · 2021 41% · 2022 26% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
74% of ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO has grown faster than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.3M
- Department of Labor$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Latin United Community Housing Association · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO?
- ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,460,004 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($996,594). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $8,460,004 in grants to ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO?
- CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $996,594 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 65 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing