Public Charity

KUSANYA CAFE INC

KUSANYA CAFE INC is a Public Charity headquartered in Chicago, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $82K revenue, $72K expenses, $120K total assets. 6 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $106K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 273118700 Chicago, IL Job Training NTEE: J22 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$82K
Total Expenses$72K
Total Assets$120K
Grant Records6
Funding Total$106K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Community gathering place for the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The primary exempt purposes are 1) charitable - job training and apprenticeship 2) educational (community events). Kusanya is open to the public 5 days per week, operating a job training / apprenticeship cafe and community gathering space. Kusanya hosts many community events each year, many of which are free and open to the public.

Where $100 goes at Kusanya Cafe Inc

How Kusanya Cafe Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$79
Apprenticeship program
90% of program spending
$5
Continued to build an outdoor gathering space and community garden that was home to multiple musical and community events this year
5% of program spending
$4
Community events
5% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2021
To provide programming to build community cohesion through the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities.
$7,000
2021
To provide programming to build community cohesion through the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities.
$7,000
2020
General operating support
$50,000
2019
General operating support
$15,000
2018
General operating support
$12,500

Showing up to 5 of 6 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Brittany Norment
Director Clarence Hogan
Director & Employee Ebony Sipka
President Jonathan Brooks
Secretary Lauren Duffy
Executive Director & Treasurer Phil Sipka

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$106,500 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $82K $72K $120K
2024 $61K $60K $109K
2023 $45K $53K $108K
2022 $53K $49K $116K
2021 $109K $49K $113K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $109K to $82K (-24%), with total assets most recently reported at $120K.

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