Nonprofit · EIN 51-0175452
SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER
Tax-exempt · HOMEWOOD, IL 60430
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,273,874 | $1,284,569 | -$10,695 | $2,196,865 | $103,173 | $2,093,692 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $986,640 | $1,276,322 | -$289,682 | $2,228,998 | $124,611 | $2,104,387 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,545,009 | $2,213,213 | -$668,204 | $2,560,562 | $166,493 | $2,394,069 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,191,755
- of which government grants
- $839,158
- Program service revenue
- $25,062
- Investment income
- $42,526
- Net income from fundraising events
- $14,531
- Other revenue
- $14,531
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $105,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $114,800
- Other salaries and wages
- $624,757
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $883,232
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $61,358
- Accounting fees
- $16,717
- Occupancy
- $56,977
- Depreciation
- $1,794
- Program services (functional)
- $1,234,785
- Management and general (functional)
- $32,787
- Fundraising (functional)
- $16,997
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,228,998
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,196,865
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $103,173
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,093,692
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $38,198
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,953,692
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $140,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,288,542
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 49
- Year formed
- 1975
- State of legal domicile
- IL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN PETRUSZAK | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $114,800 | $8,224 |
| JOHN OSTENBURG | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MONICA HOLDEN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA FARR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERILYN RICHARDSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN BANKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HILDY KINGMA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL TOWNSEND SR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRANDON MELLS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN PETRUSZAK | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $112,000 | $7,439 |
| JOHN OSTENBURG | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MONICA HOLDEN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA FARR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERILYN RICHARDSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN BANKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HILDY KINGMA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL TOWNSEND SR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN PETRUSZAK | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $112,000 | $6,666 |
| JOHN OSTENBURG | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MONICA HOLDEN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA FARR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL TOWNSEND SR | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| VELDA ERIE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALAN BANKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HILDY KINGMA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERILYN RICHARDSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 18220 HARWOOD AVE STE 1, HOMEWOOD, IL 60430-2151
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JOHN PETRUSZAK, 18220 HARWOOD AVE, HOMEWOOD, IL 60430
- Signed the 990
- JOHN PETRUSZAK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (708) 957-4674
- Return prepared by
- HEARNE & ASSOCIATES PC
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER LONG-TERM DIVERSITY BY WORKING TO ELIMINATE ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATION IN THE HOUSING MARKET.
Program accomplishments
- COMPREHENSIVE FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM: THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY FUNDED BY TWO TYPES OF FEDERAL HUD ADMINISTERED FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM (FHIP) COMPONENT GRANTS, PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE (PEI) AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH INITIATIVE (EOI). THE PEI GRANT PROJECT ENCOMPASSED THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: COMPLAINT INTAKE AND INVESTIGATION; FORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESSING AND FILING; INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION, FAIR HOUSING ADVOCACY FOR DISTRESSED PROTECTED CLASS FAMILIES; FAIR HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE FOR INCOME DISRUPTED ECONOMICALLY AFFECTED FAMILIES, AND SOME EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES. FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025, THE ORGANIZATION PROCESSED 211 COMPLAINT INTAKES, CONDUCTED 110 TEST PART INVESTIGATIONS IN 30 COMMUNITIES; CONTINUED TO LITIGATE 2 FORMAL FEDERAL COURT ACTIONS AND FILED 5 NEW ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS; PROVIDED FAIR HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE TO 92 INCOME DISTRESSED RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS, SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED 9 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH 16 LOCAL/NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS BODIES TO ACHIEVE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM (EOI) ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: CONDUCTING 5 LARGE GROUP VIRTUAL FAIR HOUSING/LENDING WORKSHOP SESSIONS ATTENDED BY 234 INDIVIDUALS; MASS SOCIAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION OF FAIR HOUSING/LENDING AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION TO 267,478 USERS; 141,900 USERS REACHED WITH FAIR HOUSING/LENDING INFORMATION BY E-BLASTS AND NEWSLETTERS SENT BY MAILCHIMP; ATTRACTING 61,709 FAIR HOUSING OR LENDING INFORMATION VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE; AND IMPLEMENTING AN OUTDOOR MULTI-MEDIA INTERSTATE BILLBOARD AND MASS TRANSIT BUS FAIR HOUSING ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN CREATING 7,533,134 COMMUTER AD IMPRESSIONS.Expenses $588,461
- HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAM: PRIMARILY FUNDED BY MULTIPLE SMALL DOLLAR GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVE HUD-CERTIFIED HOUSING COUNSELING ACTIVITIES: INDIVIDUAL ONE- ON-ONE PRE- AND POST-PURCHASE HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING; AND MORTGAGE DELINQUENCY AND FORECLOSURE COUNSELING; AS WELL AS GROUP COUNSELING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING WORKSHOPS FOR HOME BUYING, POST-PURCHASE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, FORECLOSURE ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE FRAUD AWARENESS. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, ONE-ONE-ONE COUNSELING SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 352 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, OF WHICH 118 WERE FACING FORECLOSURE, 4 OBTAINED POST- PURCHASE COUNSELING AND 230 SEEKING TO PURCHASE A HOME, RESULTING IN 105 NEW HOMEOWNERS AND 31 HOMES SAVED THROUGH MORTGAGE MODIFICATIONS. RENTAL REFERRAL AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE RESOURCES WERE PROVIDED TO AN ADDITIONAL 566 INDIVIDUALS. OVER 349 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED 25 HUD-APPROVED WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS. OUR ANNUAL HOUSING RESOURCE FAIR WAS SUPPORTED BY 30 UNIQUE VENDORS AND PROVIDED RESOURCES TO OVER 118 FAMILIES. IN ADDITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SERVICES PROVIDED, WE SERVED AS A PARTNER AGENCY FOR THE COOK COUNTY BUREAU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S HOMEOWNER RELIEF FUND PROGRAM (HRF), WHICH RAN FROM OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER 2025. WE DIRECTLY ASSISTED 174 CLIENTS ON-SITE AND AN ADDITIONAL 334 VIA THE TELEPHONE FOR A TOTAL OF 508 CLIENTS ASSISTED WITH APPLYING FOR THESE PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE GRANTS. THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLIENTS WE SERVED, PER OUR FY25 HUD- 9902, ARE 84% RACIAL MINORITY AND 86% BELOW THE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI) THRESHOLD.Expenses $512,842
- INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM: INITIALLY FUNDED BY A 2013 CONCILIATION AGREEMENT, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT (128) DOWN PAYMENT GRANTS, FIFTY-FIVE (55) MORTGAGE DISTRESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS ALLOWING THE GRANT RECIPIENT TO AVOID LOSING THEIR HOME TO FORECLOSURE OR PROPERTY TAX SALE, AND SEVEN (7) RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS TOTALING OVER 1.2 MILLION THROUGH 2024. THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE COMPONENT OF OUR ICF PROGRAM WAS REVITALIZED BY THE LANDMARK 2022 FANNIE MAE SETTLEMENT, ALLOWING US TO REPLENISH THE PROGRAM WITH 1,208,000. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO 15,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AS A FIVE-YEAR FORGIVABLE GRANT. THE SOUTH SUBURBAN CHICAGO PHASED CLOSED IN 2023 WITH 605,250 IN GRANT ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. THE NORTHWEST INDIANA PHASE OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN GARY, IN. IN 2024. EIGHT (8) GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO BUYERS TOTALING 75,000 IN 2025. TO DATE, THIS PHASE OF THE PROGRAM HAS GENERATED 11,452,549 IN REAL ESTATE SALES TRANSACTIONS, WHICH IN TURN FACILITATED 7,665,000 IN LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. IN ADDITION TO OUR ICF PROGRAM, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST IN DECEMBER 2024, TO ADMINISTER A TARGETED DPA PROGRAM WITH GRANT RESOURCES TOTALING 170,000 PROVIDED TO THE VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST BY FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDS, ALLOCATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ENHANCING HOMEBUYING OF OWNER-OCCUPIED, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST. FIVE (5) GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO BUYERS TOTALING 30,000.Expenses $133,482 · grants $105,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 51-0175452
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1975
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,196,865
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,288,542
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,273,874 | $1,284,569 | $2,196,865 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $986,640 | $1,276,322 | $2,228,998 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,545,009 | $2,213,213 | $2,560,562 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,298,317 | $1,305,006 | $3,285,756 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 51-0175452).
Questions about SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER
- What is the EIN of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER is 51-0175452.
- Is SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.
- Are donations to SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JOHN PETRUSZAK.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $114,800 (JOHN PETRUSZAK, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,273,874, expenses of $1,284,569 and total assets of $2,196,865 at year end.
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