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US nonprofit · EIN 300053613 · Chicago, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 300053613) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

A Long Walk Home's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Candance AveryhartMember2025
1 yr
Connie HarveyVice Preside2018
8 yrs
Elaine BraithwaiteMember2025
1 yr
Kenyatta MatthewsMember2025
1 yr
Linda CarlsonMember2025
1 yr
Marline JohnsonMember2025
1 yr
Monique French-BrownMember2025
1 yr
Paul FarberCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Salamishah Tillet PH DPresident2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Scheherazade TilletPresidentsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Scheherazade TilletExecutive Di40$174k
Candance AveryhartMember1$0
Elaine BraithwaiteMember1$0
Linda CarlsonMember1$0
Salamishah Tillet Ph DPresident1$0
Paul FarberSecretary1$0
Monique French-BrownMember1$0
Connie HarveyVice Preside1$0
Marline JohnsonMember1$0
Kenyatta MatthewsMember1$0

About

Legal name
A Long Walk Home
EIN
300053613
Address
917 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL, 60607-2203
State
Illinois
Mission
A long walk home, inc. (alwh) is a chicago-based national non-profit that uses art to empower young people to end violence against girls and women. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A65 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2003
Principal officer
Scheherazade Tillet (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2003
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsConnie Harvey
≥7years on the filingsPaul Farber
≥7years on the filingsSalamishah Tillet PH D
≥1years on the filingsCandance Averyhart

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3.7m
Total liabilities
$41k
Net assets or fund balances
$3.7m
Contributions and grants received
$2.1m
Program service revenue
$1k
Employees
8

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.7m$1.3m$357k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.