Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO HELP EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE GREATER SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH LANGUAGE AND LITERACY INSTRUCTION
LITERACY CHICAGO SERVICES THE ADULT EDUCATION COMMUNITY. PROGRAMS INCLUDE BASIC READING AND COPRENHENSION CLASSES FOR ADUTLS READING BELOW A 6TH GRADE LEVEL. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) CLASSES, GED CLASSES, ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) CLASSES, COMPUTER CLASSES, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COURSES,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE GRANT - ALLOWES LITERACY CHICAGO TO CONDUCT OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. 250+ ANNUAL VOLUNTEERS TEACH 1:1 TUTORING SERVICES. VOLUNTEERS ALSO LEAD CLASSROOM SESSIONS FOR OUR ADULT LEARNERS - READING AND COMPREHENSION, OUR CITIZENSHIP AND COMPUTER CLASSES.
OUR BRIDGE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF CAREER EXPLORATION WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD WHICH TO ALLOW OUR ADULT STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT VARIIOUS AREAS FIELS OF CONSTRUCITON. CARPENTRY, ELECTIRCA AND HEATING AND ARI CONDITIONING ETC.... OUR HANDS ON PROGRAM IS WTHIN CARPENTRY FIELD WHERE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT THE SKILL TRAINING PORTION. HANDS ON TRAING AND JOB PLACEMENT IS AVAILABLE. THUS FAR 88% OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PLAED IN JOBS LITERACY CHICAGO WORKS WITH THESE STUDENTS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE HANDS ON PORTION TO IMPROVE THEIR READING, COMPREHENSION AND CONTEXTULIZED MATHMATIC SKILLS
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Richard Dominguez | EXECUTIVE DIR. | 40 | $85,000 |
| Bill Ferman | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Steven A Ginsburgh | VICE PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
| Marilyn Peterson | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Bridget Ross | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Diane Fleming-Coker | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Shirley Evans-Wofford Retired 630 | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202011119349300036_public.xml