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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2025 Expires: September 2027

Career Transitions Center of Chicago

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(312) 906-9908
600 W Jackson Blvd Ste 100
Chicago, IL, 60661-5609
https://ctcchicago.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Career Transitions Center of Chicago meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
The Career Transitions Center (CTC) empowers professionals to find meaningful employment. We provide career coaching and employment programming to mid-career professionals and first-generation college students and graduates across the U.S.  We also provide affordable and effective outplacement and customized training for small businesses, universities and nonprofit organizations.

Year, State Incorporated:
1997, IL

The Career Transitions Center (CTC) provides career coaching and employment programming to midcareer professionals and first-generation college students and graduates, primarily in Illinois.

Clients meet with the coach of their choice for a private 45-minute session by phone or Zoom each week.. CTC offers 20+ workshops on Zoom, as well as a library of 15 on-demand webinars in critical career and job search skills, strategies, and best practices. CTC provides one Peer Support Group each week. CTC’s LinkedIn Community Group is a robust and CTC-exclusive social media community of over 1,200 members.

CTC has 50 dedicated coaches that meet weekly with our individual members, as well a cadre of workshop facilitators that deliver workshops focused on career and life-management skills, job search skills and social networking.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Career Transitions Center of Chicago's program expenses were:

Program services $653,632
Total Program Expenses $653,632

Chief Executive
Anita Jenke, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Mike Kovas, Board Chairperson

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
USG Corp.

Board Size
11

Paid Staff Size
3

Method(s) Used:
Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 11.85%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Career Transitions Center of Chicago's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Volunteer career coaches $397,000
Public support $217,203
Program revenue $100,540
Wine tasting fundraising event (net of expenses of $22,620) $55,753
Investment income $3,605
Total Income $774,101

Programs: 86% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $774,101
Total expenses: $756,120
  Program expenses $653,632
  Fundraising expenses $79,366
  Administrative expenses $23,122
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $17,981
Beginning Net Assets $250,013
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $267,994
Total Liabilities $18,072
Total Assets $286,066

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