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Lake Shore Chapter of the Links

EIN 36-3907916 • 501(c)4 • Chicago, IL

Profile

Enriching and ensuring African American ancestry

4507 South Lake Park Ave Suite 3NChicago, IL 60653

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Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

Net Margin

34th percentile

-6.8%

Higher net margin than 34% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

Top Officer Pay

89th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 89% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

Asset Growth

48th percentile

-2.4%

Faster asset growth than 48% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Revenue Growth

17th percentile

-48%

Faster revenue growth than 17% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Assets

Down

$172,885

Down $4,313 (-2.4%) from 2024

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

Down

$172,885

Down $4,313 (-2.4%) from 2024

Revenue

Down

$63,538

Down $59,490 (-48%) from 2024

Expenses

Down

$67,856

Down $21,564 (-24%) from 2024

Net Income

Down

-$4,318

Down $37,926 (-113%) from 2024

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$200K$150K$100K$50K$0Assets 2014: $171,444Net Assets 2014: $171,4442014Assets 2015: $118,955Net Assets 2015: $118,9552015Assets 2016: $101,599Net Assets 2016: $101,5992016Assets 2017: $126,673Liabilities 2017: $2,515Net Assets 2017: $124,1582017Assets 2018: $114,645Liabilities 2018: $0Net Assets 2018: $114,6452018Assets 2019: $131,698Liabilities 2019: $0Net Assets 2019: $131,6982019Assets 2020: $139,645Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $139,6452020Assets 2021: $140,383Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $140,3832021Assets 2022: $135,055Liabilities 2022: $0Net Assets 2022: $135,0552022Assets 2023: $143,590Liabilities 2023: $0Net Assets 2023: $143,5902023Assets 2024: $177,198Liabilities 2024: $0Net Assets 2024: $177,1982024Assets 2025: $172,885Net Assets 2025: $172,8852025

Highlighted filing

2025

Assets$172,885
Liabilities-
Net Assets$172,885

Operations Trend

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$150K$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2014: $99,921Expenses 2014: $54,934Net Income 2014: $44,9872014Revenue 2015: $52,608Expenses 2015: $52,857Net Income 2015: -$2492015Revenue 2016: $63,792Expenses 2016: $81,148Net Income 2016: -$17,3562016Revenue 2017: $131,780Expenses 2017: $109,221Net Income 2017: $22,5592017Revenue 2018: $95,657Expenses 2018: $75,870Net Income 2018: $19,7872018Revenue 2019: $54,765Expenses 2019: $67,712Net Income 2019: -$12,9472019Revenue 2020: $88,154Expenses 2020: $65,439Net Income 2020: $22,7152020Revenue 2021: $71,078Expenses 2021: $70,340Net Income 2021: $7382021Revenue 2022: $48,885Expenses 2022: $54,213Net Income 2022: -$5,3282022Revenue 2023: $91,517Expenses 2023: $82,982Net Income 2023: $8,5352023Revenue 2024: $123,028Expenses 2024: $89,420Net Income 2024: $33,6082024Revenue 2025: $63,538Expenses 2025: $67,856Net Income 2025: -$4,3182025

Highlighted filing

2025

Revenue$63,538
Expenses$67,856
Net Income-$4,318

Filings

Latest Detailed Filing

The latest 2025 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2023 below.

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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
May 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2023
Signed
Aug 25, 2023
Return Version
2022v5.0
Gross Receipts
$91,517
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Enriching and ensuring African American ancestry

Enriching and ensuring African American

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Services to youth, health and human services,international trends, arts, national trends,and membership, mind, body and spirit programs.-$38,225
Compensation and Service Providers

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Karen ComerPresidentPT$0--
Deborah Jones BuggsTreasurerPT$0--
Michelle WimberlyFinancial SecretaryPT$0--
Latasha ThomasVice PresidentPT$0--
Donna Simpson LeakRecording SecretaryPT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Lake Shore Chapter of the Links
EIN
36-3907916
Address
4507 South Lake Park Ave Suite 3N, Chicago, IL 60653

Signing Officer

Name
Karen Comer
Title
President
Phone
7735758181
Signed
2023-08-25
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Description of other expenses Part I line 16

Description AmountEntertainment 5,000Chapter Rep at Area Events 648Central Area Expenses 4,705Dues 12,350Credit Card Fees 681Insurance 550Technology 1,487Conference registration and travel 6,300Hospitality 4,100Program expenses 30,784Membership expenses 2,989Fundraising expenses 3,696Operations 2,251Retreat 3,000Scholarships 4,441

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This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.

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