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US nonprofit · EIN 861683262 · Chicago, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 861683262) - 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.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.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Giving Others Dreams God Inc's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 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.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 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Sonia Caideron ChairChair2021
5 yrs
Japlen AllenTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Sharmila BandhuCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Amanda AvilaCFO2024
Celia ColonPresident2024

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
Celia ColonCEO40$120k
Japlen AllenTreasurer2$0
Avalon Betts-GastonVice President - Board Chair2$0
Sharmila BandhuSecretary2$0
Nicole DavisPresident40$0

About

Legal name
Giving Others Dreams God Inc
EIN
861683262
Address
11017 S Avenue O, Chicago, IL, 60617-6938
State
Illinois
Mission
Giving Others Dreams is a center dedicated to providing direct re-entry training and healing services with a focus on reducing violence and supporting survivors of domestic violence particularly women. Our programs are designed to assist justice-impacted individuals in their transition back to society. We provide job readiness programming re-entry coaching mentoring services and emergency... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P60 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2020
Principal officer
Celia Colon (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2021
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsSonia Caideron
≥5years on the filingsSharmila Bandhu
≥2years on the filingsJaplen Allen

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
$416k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$416k
Contributions and grants received
$1.9m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$610k
Employees
30