Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,175,489
- Total expenses
- $2,175,489
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,648,017
- Grants paid
- $2,175,489
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $10
- Other revenue
- -$472,538
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,981
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,981
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $0
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,175,489
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,175,489
Program services were 100.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$2,648,017
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$440,959
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3 · Investment income
total $10 · excluded $10
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$400,344
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$2,648,017
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$872,882
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$472,538 · excluded -$472,538
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $2,175,489 · program services $2,175,489
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $51,751 · end of year $12,135
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $40,632 · end of year $12,096
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,750 · end of year $1,750
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $85,142 · end of year $25,981
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $8,991 · end of year $0
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORS, MAINTAINS, MANAGES AND CONTROLS THE FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY EVENT HELD PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW. THE FUNDS RAISED BY THE EVENT ARE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS THE FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY EVENT HELD PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW. THE FUNDS RAISED AT THE EVENT ARE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.
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THE FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY IS A BLACK-TIE FUNDRAISING EVENT HELD THE EVENING BEFORE THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW OPENS TO THE PUBLIC. THE EVENT RAISED OVER $2.6 MILLION DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. AND THE PROCEEDS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO CHARITIES IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA.
Expenses $2,175,489 · Grants $2,175,489
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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John C Phelan IIIJOHN C PHELAN III
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $62,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $62,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Dan MarquardtDAN MARQUARDT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $41,500
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $41,500
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Jason RobertsJASON ROBERTS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $48,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $48,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Ryan KellyRYAN KELLY
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $48,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $48,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
Richard WickstromRICHARD WICKSTROM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $32,500
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $32,500
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
Fred MarksFRED MARKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $38,500
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $38,500
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
Kelly Webb RobertsKELLY WEBB ROBERTS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $52,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $52,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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John CraneJOHN CRANE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $40,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $40,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Dan HellerDAN HELLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $31,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $31,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Steve PhilliposSTEVE PHILLIPOS
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $48,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $48,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
Emir AbinionEMIR ABINION
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $40,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $40,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Jerry HaggertyJERRY HAGGERTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $41,500
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $41,500
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Christopher KoneckiCHRISTOPHER KONECKI
EXECUTIVE VP
- Total calculated
- $237,842
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $230,915
- Other
- $6,927
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $230,915 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $6,927 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $0 + $237,842 related
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Jennifer MorandJENNIFER MORAND
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $287,540
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $279,165
- Other
- $8,375
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $279,165 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $8,375 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $0 + $287,540 related
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
None.
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- THE ORGANIZATION RELIED ON CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION (CATA), A RELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT. CATA USED A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, COMPARABILITY DATA AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION.
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
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$443,286
GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL SUPPORT
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$155,925
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$137,234
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$115,998
GENERAL SUPPORT
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TURNING POINTE AUTISM FOUNDATION
$115,333
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$109,084
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$107,230
GENERAL SUPPORT
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$103,708
GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION
501(C)(6) · ASSOCIATION · IL
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CATPAC
527 · PAC · IL
Directly controlled by CATA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202611349349312036
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