Chicago Votes

Fiscal year ending 2024. Filed on August 13, 2025.

1006 S Michigan Avenue Unit 606
Chicago, Illinois 60605

Chicago Votes (EIN: 46-0545127) has filed an IRS Form 990 since fiscal year 2017. In its fiscal year 2024 IRS Form 990 filing, Chicago Votes, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 2 out of 16 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $187,008. The highest compensated employee at Chicago Votes is Steven Valles with fiscal year 2024 compensation of $200,156.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$2,174,240

Expenses

$1,460,661

Employee compensation

$1,156,260

Reported Compensated Employees

Steven Valles

Executive Director

$200,156

$179,950 from orgNo related comp$20,206 other

Jennifer Dean

Co-Executive Director

$173,860

$155,000 from orgNo related comp$18,860 other

Non-Employee Board Members

Mission Statement

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government, through civic education, to young people from all corners of the city. We're creating a civic culture to make Chicago and Illinois a better place to be young, and in the process we're making democracy FUN.