SKILLS FOR CHICAGO
EIN 45-1287418 · Job Training (J22)
What they do
SEE SCHEDULE OTHE MISSION of SKILLS is to STAND AS A LIFE-CHANGING EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE CONNECTING UNDERREPRESENTED JOB SEEKERS to EMPLOYERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS INDUSTRIES. WE DO THIS BY BUILDING MULTI-LEVEL, TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EMPLOYER PARTNERS to BREAK DOWN BARRIERS IN THE HIRING PROCESS and CONNECT THEM to OVERLOOKED TALENT. WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS to PREPARE UNEMPLOYED TALENT for JOBS and to PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES to ENSURE THOSE PLACED CAN STAY IN THOSE JOBS. THE VAST MAJORITY of SKILLS CANDIDATES COME FROM DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTH and WEST SIDES of CHICAGO, WHICH EXPERIENCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 3-5X HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SKILLS COLOCATES IN OFFICES IN SOUTH, WEST and SOUTHWEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS to MAKE ITS SERVICES CONVENIENT to JOB SEEKERS and to MAINTAIN A CLOSE PULSE ON COMMUNITY NEEDS.
Financial picture
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2011
- Location
- 205 N WACKER DRIVE SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60606
- County
- Cook
- In care of
- BRIDGET ALTENBURG
- Primary officer
- BRIDGET ALTENBURG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- OSTROW REISIN BERK & ABRAMS LTD
- NTEE classification
- Job Training (J22)
- IRS tax category
- Job Training
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes
More public IRS record details
These are classification codes from the organization’s public nonprofit record.
- Subsection
- 03
- Affiliation
- 3
- Classification
- 2100
- Deductibility
- 1
- Foundation
- 15
- Organization
- 1