Public Charity

LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER

LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $18.5M revenue, $18.6M expenses, $10.7M total assets. 72 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 362244895 CHICAGO, IL Low-Income & Subsidized Rental Housing NTEE: L21 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$18.5M
Total Expenses$18.6M
Total Assets$10.7M
Grant Records72
Funding Total$2.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER IS AN ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN CHICAGO AND THE VICINITY AND PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center

How Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $80 for programs

$29
Chicago hearing society division provides communication access, hearing and assistive technologies and support services for the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing
36% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,183,405 grants; 595,703 grants
$22
Residential services and supports for people with disabilities
27% of program spending
$20
Mental health services including community mental health, drop in center, and residential housing and supports
25% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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

2024
After 22 Program
$217,295
2024
PROMOTE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE DEALING WITH HIV/AIDS
$103,217
2024
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
$100,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$70,775
2024
TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION OF CIVIL LEGAL INFORMATION TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CLOSED CAPTION AND BRAILLE FOR COMMUNYT MEMBERS THAT ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING AND BLIND TO NAVIGATE COURT PROCEDURES.
$37,796

Showing up to 5 of 72 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Aaron Schrems
VICE PRES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Amy Bowers
CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER Ashraf Patel
CHAIR-ELECT & TREASURER Dale Stinton
DIRECTOR Daniel Savakus
VICE PRES, HUMAN RESOURCES (THROUGH 11/4/24) Dia Pfleger

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,738,208 49 grants
Human & Social Services
$498,070 11 grants
Health & Medicine
$107,013 2 grants
Economic Development
$100,000 1 grant
Education
$53,750 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $18.5M $18.6M $10.7M
2024 $18.6M $18.5M $10.1M
2023 $9.2M $16.9M $5.3M
2022 $29.1M $15.1M $16.5M
2021 $15.7M $13.8M $4.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $15.7M to $18.5M (+18%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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