Public Charity

Storycatchers

Storycatchers is a Public Charity headquartered in Chicago, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $333K revenue, $1.2M expenses. 48 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363298168 Chicago, IL Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$333K
Total Expenses$1.2M
Grant Records48
Funding Total$1.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Storycatchers guides young people to transform their traumatic experiences into powerful musical theatre, inspiring them to develop the courage and vision to become leaders and mentors. By creating support for youth within the criminal justice system, Storycatchers prepares them to change their lives and emerge successfully from court involvement.

Where $100 goes at Storycatchers

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

$65 Programs the work itself
$23 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
The Organization offers two youth development programs
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 21 people
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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
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$20,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,800
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$10,500
2023
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
$30,000
2023
FAIRNESS, ACCESS, INCLUSION, AND RESILIENCY INITIATIVE
$20,000

Showing up to 5 of 48 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Vice Chair Dave Sowinski
Director Edmund Buck
Treasurer Gerald E Lewis
Director Janet Myers
Secretary Jenn Hockema
Chair Kendra J Freeman

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$896,210 34 grants
Education
$151,000 5 grants
Arts & Culture
$42,450 4 grants
Research & Policy
$28,500 2 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$20,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $333K $1.2M —
2024 $1.4M $1.9M $1.1M
2023 $1.9M $1.8M $1.7M
2022 $1.7M $1.5M $1.4M
2021 $1.8M $1.7M $1.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.8M to $333K (-81%).

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