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Name:	Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Address:	1925 N Clybourn Ave Suite 401
	Chicago, IL 60614
Phone:	773-248-5200
Web Address:	www.chicagohouse.org
Also known as: Chicago House

Chicago House and Social Service Agency meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Chicago House’s programs fall within two primary categories: housing programs and community programs, both of which incorporate comprehensive, wrap-around support services for our clients living with or at risk for HIV. The housing programs include: the Supportive Living Program, which provides a 24-hour staffed residential facility for adults who lack the necessary skills to live independently; the Family Support Program, for families facing homelessness in addition to a parent living with HIV; the Independent Living Program, for single adults who are in need of affordable housing with intermittent supportive services; and, scattered-site housing programs that are designed for families and individuals who are more self-sufficient and do not require on-site support services. These scattered site housing programs include the innovative Gaining Ground, which links housing with employment support, helping clients reduce their need for government subsidies, and the Hospital to Housing Program and the Samaritan Project designed for chronically homeless, single adults that require a harm-reduction housing model. All housing is linked with case management services, substance abuse recovery, and wellness programming, as well as linkage to primary medical care. Community Programs include HIV Prevention, medication adherence services, and our employment support services. Chicago House’s iFour Employment Program has two overarching goals: short-term, the program helps unemployed, low-income Chicagoans living with HIV to secure and retain employment; long-term, the program is creating a culture shift for HIV services locally and nationally, by redefining HIV care systems to focus on services to increase self-sufficiency and independence from wholly subsidized care.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, Chicago House and Social Service Agency's program expenses were:

Residential Housing	1,573,090
Employment	938,852
Scattered Site Housing	720,072
Prevention	371,762
Community Case Management	323,144
Other Program Services	66,527
Total Program Expenses:	$3,993,447

Chief Executive : Stan Sloan, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$193,848

Chair of the Board: Ed Laginess
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Community Activist

Board Size: 30

Paid Staff Size: 44

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

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 25% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,302,597, 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 Chicago House and Social Service Agency's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds
Individuals	730,473
Chicago Department of Public Health	674,068
HIV Reief Grant	592,860
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development	451,036
Foundations	396,043
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	349,346
Client fees	200,012
Illinois Department of Human Services	199,250
Contributions corporate sponsorship	183,500
Special events revenue	181,495
Contribuations and collaborative events	163,346
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services	112,799
State of Illinois	73,096
U.S. Department of Labor	70,477
Miscellaneous rents	57,600
United Way	53,848
Corporations	45,230
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity	42,000
Miscellaneous income	30,321
In-kind direct benefit	16,078
Interest and dividend income	11,360
Donated Services	9,650
In-kind Contributions	3,000
Total Income	$4,646,888

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 80%  Fund Raising: 11%  Administrative: 9%

Total income				$4,646,888
	Program expenses			$3,993,447
	Fund raising expenses			566,891
	Administrative expenses			448,784
Total expenses				$5,009,122
Expenses in Excess of Income				(362,234)
Beginning net assets				8,111,398
Other Changes in Net Assets				(204,171)
Ending net assets				7,544,993
Total liabilities				635,851
Total assets				$8,180,844