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Name:	Carole Robertson Center for Living
Address:	2020 West Roosevelt Road
	Chicago, IL 60608
Phone:	312-243-7300
Web Address:	www.crcl.net

Carole Robertson Center for Living meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The Carole Robertson Center for Learning operates three sites in the North Lawndale, Little Village, and Near West Side communities on Chicago’s west side. The Carole Robertson Center serves 700 children and youth, ages 6 weeks to 18 years, and their families daily through high quality, comprehensive, developmentally-appropriate curricula. The Center keeps parents engaged and supported through parent education, social services, leadership development, adult education, and support activities. Current programs include center-based and home-based child development programs for children from birth to five years of age; school age and youth programming for children and teens through age 18; extensive family support, social services, and parent education activities; adult education and community training; and embedded program enhancements including bilingual immersion, music education, family literacy, family health education, and a structurized volunteer program. Families served by the Carole Robertson Center are low-income, with 78% living below federal poverty level.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, Carole Robertson Center for Living's program expenses were:

Early childhood	3,237,522
Infant/toddler	2,602,686
School age	522,225
Family child care network	439,582
Parent/adult	221,513
Youth	212,616
Community Partnership	175,435
Curriculum and staff training	41,502
Total Program Expenses:	$7,453,081

Chief Executive : Gail Nelson, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$109,180

Chair of the Board: Mary Monroe
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Nutritionist, Miles Square Health Center

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 197

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet, cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 22% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $794,626, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Carole Robertson Center for Living's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Governmental contracts	8,031,640
Support	794,626
Program service fees	388,274
Interest	276
Total Income	$9,214,816

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 85%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 13%

Total income		$9,214,816
Program expenses		$7,453,081
Fund raising expenses		176,441
Administrative expenses		1,115,383
Total expenses		$8,744,905
Income in Excess of Expenses		469,911
Beginning net assets		4,177,394
Ending net assets		4,647,305
Total liabilities		2,994,690
Total assets		$7,641,995