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← COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,097,221
Total expenses
$5,873,428
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,988,110
Investment income
$80,270
Other revenue
$28,841
Total assets, end of year
$5,406,491
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,301,938
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,104,553
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,205,779
Management and general expenses
$1,667,649
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,205,779

Program services were 71.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RELATED ORG PROG SUPPORT

    total $4,858,485 · related or exempt $4,858,485

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NONDEDUCTIBLE DUES

    total $1,129,625 · related or exempt $1,129,625

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,708 · excluded $63,708

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $555,650

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $539,088

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $16,562

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,562 · excluded $16,562

  • 11a · Other revenue: GUEST FEES

    total $27,805 · excluded $27,805

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,036 · excluded $1,036

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,841

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,727,580 · program services $1,465,601 · management and general $261,979

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,824,142 · program services $1,376,314 · management and general $447,828

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $58,935 · program services $45,902 · management and general $13,033

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $121,490 · program services $82,852 · management and general $38,638

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $177,008 · program services $140,785 · management and general $36,223

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $92,928 · management and general $92,928

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $652,231 · program services $275,695 · management and general $376,536

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,972 · program services $35,016 · management and general $62,956

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $407,300 · program services $343,844 · management and general $63,456

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $242,676 · program services $171,099 · management and general $71,577

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,130 · program services $7,626 · management and general $9,504

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $283,848 · program services $233,575 · management and general $50,273

  • 20 · Interest

    total $44 · program services $11 · management and general $33

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $70,792 · program services $12,950 · management and general $57,842

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,654 · program services $150 · management and general $27,504

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $43,887 · program services $1,683 · management and general $42,204

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $14,416 · program services $10,892 · management and general $3,524

  • 24c · Other expenses: LOSS ON ASSET DISPOSAL

    total $3,993 · management and general $3,993

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,402 · program services $1,784 · management and general $7,618

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $692,553 · end of year $1,265,459

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,264 · end of year $63,313

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,311 · end of year $19,396

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $439,043

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $110,699

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,725 · end of year $328,344

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,482,130 · end of year $1,580,528

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $206,798 · end of year $2,149,451

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $544,567 · end of year $863,384

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,525 · end of year $32,475

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $78,994 · end of year $2,406,079

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,836,695 · end of year $2,104,553

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE PURPOSE OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO IS TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF CHICAGO.

  • POLICY INITIATIVES - THE CIVIC COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES TO UNDERTAKE STUDIES AND DEVELOPS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS KEY POLICY ISSUES CONFRONTING THE CHICAGO REGION. IN FISCAL 2024, KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDED: PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, STATE FINANCE AND TAX POLICY TASK FORCE, STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKING GROUP, TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE, CHICAGO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE, EDUCATIONAL REFORM, AND OTHER INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $3,395,229 · Revenue $4,858,485

  • THE CLUB HOLDS MEETINGS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO DISCUSS ITS PROGRAMS AND TO HEAR SPEAKERS DISCUSS KEY POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE CHICAGO REGION.

    Expenses $810,550 · Revenue $1,129,625

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Derek R B Douglas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,062,240
    From this org
    $893,564
    From related orgs
    $99,285
    Other
    $69,391
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $888,789 + $98,754 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,775 + $531 related
    Deferred
    $16,242 + $1,805 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,210 + $5,134 related
    Filer's total
    $956,016 + $106,224 related
  • Michael O'Grady

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Jennifer Scanlon

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Scott Swanson

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Jay L Henderson

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Debra Cafaro

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Dehaas

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ricardo Estrada

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Ford

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Holmes

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Hoplamazian

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chevy Humphrey

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lester Knight

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Koch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter E Massey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorri McWhorter

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Penny Pritzker

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Rogers

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Sacks

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • E Scott Santi

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer W Steans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Thonn

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Wilson

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cordelia C Meyer

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $498,192
    From this org
    $411,361
    From related orgs
    $45,707
    Other
    $41,124
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $401,664 + $44,629 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,697 + $1,078 related
    Deferred
    $13,500 + $1,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,512 + $2,612 related
    Filer's total
    $448,373 + $49,819 related
  • Tom Kotarac

    SENIOR VP, TRANSPORT/INFRASTRUCT

    Total calculated
    $361,593
    From this org
    $310,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,040
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,825
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,728
    Deferred
    $15,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,665
    Filer's total
    $361,593
  • Suzanne Fisher

    VP, FINANCE & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $234,830
    From this org
    $181,286
    From related orgs
    $9,541
    Other
    $44,003
    Hours/week
    30 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,682 + $9,457 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,604 + $84 related
    Deferred
    $8,958 + $471 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,845 + $1,729 related
    Filer's total
    $223,089 + $11,741 related
  • Mary Wagoner

    POLICY MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $150,988
    From this org
    $122,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,175
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,801
    Filer's total
    $150,988
  • Erika Poethig

    EVP FOR STRATEGY AND PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $157,366
    From this org
    $132,252
    From related orgs
    $14,695
    Other
    $10,419
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,860 + $14,540 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,392 + $155 related
    Deferred
    $6,623 + $736 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,754 + $306 related
    Filer's total
    $141,629 + $15,737 related
  • Robert Boik

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

    Total calculated
    $154,586
    From this org
    $152,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $456
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,438
    Filer's total
    $154,586

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 8
FIXED PAYMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH THE PRESIDENT ARE SUBJECT TO THE INITIAL CONTRACT EXCEPTION. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WERE NEGOTIATED AT AN ARM'S LENGTH AND THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT A DISQUALIFIED PERSON IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE INITIAL CONTRACT.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349308796

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