Public Charity

GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC

GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.3M revenue, $5.8M expenses, $6.2M total assets. 68 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 455399472 CHICAGO, IL Youth Development Programs NTEE: O50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.3M
Total Expenses$5.8M
Total Assets$6.2M
Grant Records68
Funding Total$7.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER PREPARES YOUTH AGED 11-24 FOR COLLEGE, CAREERS AND FUTURES AS WELL-ROUNDED, GLOBAL CITIZENS. THROUGH AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT, CAREER READINESS, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING, PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE, SKILLS, AND INDEPENDENCE NEEDED TO BUILD BRIGHT FUTURES.

Where $100 goes at Gary Comer Youth Center Inc

How Gary Comer Youth Center Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$34
Out-of-school time (ost) programs
47% of program spending
$24
Community engagement
33% of program spending
$14
Youth employment
20% 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.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Betsy Young
DIRECTOR Charles Whitaker
BOARD PRESIDENT Greg Mooney
DIRECTOR Guy Comer
DIRECTOR Jautise Gathings Start 61225
DIRECTOR Mark Grossman

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,249,237 32 grants
Health & Medicine
$525,000 2 grants
Youth Development
$511,500 9 grants
Human & Social Services
$399,836 6 grants
Education
$351,133 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.3M $5.8M $6.2M
2024 $7.0M $6.1M $7.7M
2023 $6.0M $7.2M $7.7M
2022 $6.1M $6.5M $1.8M
2021 $6.4M $6.1M $1.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $6.3M, with total assets most recently reported at $6.2M.

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