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Urhai Community Service Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Chicago, IL EIN: 36-4427299 Website

To provide comprehensive social services to assyrian immigrants and refugees from middle eastern war torn countries such as iraq, iran, and lebanon, and to help them overcome cultural and language barriers and to become productive members of American society.

Key facts about Urhai Community Service Center

In short: Urhai Community Service Center gave $73K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $37K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
36-4427299
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$73,150
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$36,575
Median grant
$36,575
Total assets
$22,946,736
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$22.9M

+11.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$73K

-36.9% YoY

Grant Count

2

-33.3% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$37K

-5.4% YoY

How Urhai Community Service Center gives

  • Giving fell 25% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Urhai Community Service Center

Based on IRS filings

Urhai Community Service Center is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $22.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $73K. Net investment income was $146K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

ChicagoSkokieTurlock

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K2 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 3 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $63K (2019) to $232K (2020). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $73K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Assyrian Church of the East: $53KAssyrian Church of the East$53KAcero: $20KAcero$20K

The largest 2025 recipient was Assyrian Church of the East ($53K). Together the top 2 received $73K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K4$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 10 (50%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Assyrian Church of the East Chicago, ILProgram Support$53,150
Acero Chicago, ILProgram Support$20,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$22,946,736$20,530,905$18,210,988
Revenue$15,874,294$14,985,498$14,209,323
Expenses$13,541,275$12,671,770$11,603,313
Net Investment Income$146,137$32,082$8,093

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 8, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 13, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 20, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 16, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Urhai Community Service Center is led by Jina Kena, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 1 of 6 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jina Kena

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $83K (2023) → $98K (2025)

  • George Gindo

    President

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doni Zaia

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Johny Davis

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Younan

    Vice President

    President → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Helen Yukhanna

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Jasmine Shamasa (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Alexander Michael (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Angel Kindo (2019–2022) — Frmr Executive Director
  • Former: Tim Youkhanna (2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Shamiran Joseph (2019–2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Sargon Haroon (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Angel Oshana (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Ben Audisho (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Tim Yokhana (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Georgina Dankha (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Helen Youkhana (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Jina Kena — Executive Dir.: $98KJina KenaExecutive Dir.$98K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $98K, to Jina Kena (Executive Dir.).

Frequently asked questions about Urhai Community Service Center

How much does Urhai Community Service Center give each year?

Urhai Community Service Center gave $73K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $116K across 3 grants.

How large is Urhai Community Service Center?

Urhai Community Service Center reported $22.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $15.9M.

What is Urhai Community Service Center?

Urhai Community Service Center is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Chicago, IL. It holds $22.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Urhai Community Service Center operate?

Urhai Community Service Center has awarded grants in California, Illinois.

What is Urhai Community Service Center's EIN?

Urhai Community Service Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-4427299. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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