Chicago United Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 6, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,479,866

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Economic developmentprograms include five forward which enlists the commitment of ceos of mid to large-sized corporations in the chicago metropolitan area to establish or expand business relationships with five current and/or new local minority firms. The initiative is designed to build a stronger regional economy and minority businesses of scale. Supporting five forward, chicago united's professional services model (psm): a business management tool for large corporations to address the problem of limited utilization of minority supplier development programs currently in place and expert staff that can easily adapt our practices to their existing program to aid in expanding their current initiatives to include minority professional service firms.

Activity 3

Leadership initiativesthe chicago united corporate diversity profile is a bi-annual survey that measures racial diversity specifically in the leadership ranks of large corporations, on corporate boards and in executive level management. It serves as as benchmark for corporations to measure their progress in this area. Large corporations have grown increasingly successful at diversity and inclusion within their employment ranks. Yet, despite more than 30 years of affirmative action and corporate diversity initiatives, access to the c-suite is still elusive and seasoned, diverse professionals continue to be under-utilzed in u.s. Corporations. The business leaders of color publications feature viable candidates for fortune 1000 companies' boards of directors. These demostrated leaders have achieved professional success through a track record of balanced decision making; and a respect for diverse points of view and varied ways to approach issues and topics. While achieving personal success, each has contributed to the cultural, civic and educational life of the chicago region. These individuals serve as inspiration for those seeking to increase inclusion of diverse candidates in their boardrooms and respresent a small sample of the extraordinary talent in the chicago region.boardlink is an electronic referral source that provides opportunities for emerging leaders of color to advance their careers by ehancing their skilld and building their business networks and non-proft organizations to identify leaders of color who can impact their organization's mission. Leaders of color loooking for board opportunities and non-profit organizations in search of racially/ethnically diverse board members post their interests and availability, search listiings, share information, and make a connection. There is currently no similar referral source available to the city's non-profit sector.

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EIN

36-2770509