Chicago Education Advocacy Cooperative
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CHIEAC AIMS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS IN CHICAGO THROUGH THE SUPPLY OF SUPPORT SERVICES DIRECTED AT CREATING A SAFE PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN.
- Income
- $18,882
- Spending
- $18,499
- Reserves
- 0.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 65%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $18,499 spent. We provided bilingual enrollment support for 18 newly arrived CPS students in South Chicago, achieving 100% school placement within appropriate grade levels, while delivering weekly trauma-informed wellness workshops reaching over 45 youth to support their transition into CPS through culturally grounded care. We reduced access barriers by distributing free CTA passes to 32 students and securing laptops and mobile hotspots for 28 learners across City Colleges of Chicago, CPS night school, and alternative programs. We offered one-on-one college access support to 16 undocumented high school students, mentored 14 college students through the ELEVATE Fellowship, and supported an additional cohort of 12 South Side college students with stipends, mentorship, and wellness check-ins to promote persistence. We strengthened family and community engagement by providing Spanish-language literacy support to 15 parents, hosting weekly drop-in hours assisting over 60 CPS families, and convening five town halls with more than 120 participants. We delivered targeted tutoring to over 35 students, facilitated IEP advocacy for 11 CPS students, provided bilingual mental health referrals to 25 college students, and supported 18 youth with paid internships and community-based research opportunities. We also delivered job-readiness workshops to 22 adult learners and organized six educational field experiences to expand early college awareness. Through the ChiEAC Data Science Alliance, we engaged 30+ volunteers in applied, community-centered data science work, developed five public-facing tools translating complex data into decision-ready insights, conducted sentiment analysis on over 1,000 anonymized communications using BERT and VADER, built predictive models to identify student disengagement risks, trained fellows in Python and SQL for workforce-aligned skill development, implemented data pipelines for real-time program tracking, created bilingual reports for accessibility, and supported the development of AI-assisted emotional wellness tools as part of the ChiEAC CARES initiative.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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