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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,373,518
Total expenses
$952,242
Contributions and grants received
$806,181
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$570,803
Investment income
$480
Other revenue
-$3,946
Total assets, end of year
$741,489
Total liabilities, end of year
$51,028
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$690,461
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$786,659
Management and general expenses
$106,858
Fundraising expenses
$58,725
Program service expenses (Part III)
$786,659

Program services were 82.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,505

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $46,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $747,176

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $570,803 · related or exempt $570,803

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $480 · excluded $480

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,625

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $12,505

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,267

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,642 · excluded -$4,642

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $696 · excluded $696

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $696

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,915 · program services $67,925 · management and general $4,190 · fundraising $12,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $108,225 · program services $87,358 · management and general $5,146 · fundraising $15,721

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,986 · program services $19,604 · management and general $1,741 · fundraising $3,641

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,849 · program services $12,500 · management and general $1,083 · fundraising $2,266

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,038 · program services $11,892 · management and general $15,390 · fundraising $1,756

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,527 · program services $27,245 · management and general $35,258 · fundraising $4,024

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,186 · program services $8,580 · management and general $3,269 · fundraising $3,337

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,029 · program services $3,166 · management and general $266 · fundraising $597

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,150 · program services $22,912 · management and general $1,921 · fundraising $4,317

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,523 · program services $4,692 · management and general $4,831

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,406 · program services $26 · management and general $714 · fundraising $666

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,899 · management and general $1,899

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,793 · management and general $18,793

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $479,448 · program services $477,748 · management and general $1,700

  • 24b · Other expenses: ARTIST SUPPLIES

    total $31,278 · program services $31,016 · management and general $262

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANT WRITING FEES

    total $9,300 · fundraising $9,300

  • 24d · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $7,460 · program services $6,197 · management and general $963 · fundraising $300

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,230 · program services $5,798 · management and general $9,432

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,831 · end of year $542,514

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $37,247 · end of year $37,247

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $70,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $167,795 · end of year $156,206

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,500

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

    $66,471

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

    $63,099

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,621 · end of year $3,372

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,505 · end of year $2,150

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,527 · end of year $42,121

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $139,429 · end of year $5,003

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $16,003 · end of year $3,904

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,355 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,925 · end of year $50,886

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,260 · end of year $639,575

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP BRINGS ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC ART, EXTENDING AND TRANSFORMING THE TRADITION OF COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-INVOLVED PUBLIC ARTWORK.

  • SUMMER MURALS PROJECT - DCASE COMMISSIONED CPAG TO CREATE TWO LARGE SCALE MURALS FOR TWO CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, UPTOWN AND EDGEWATER BRANCHES IN CELEBRATION OF THE DNC AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CPAG RECEIVED $250,000 FOR THE PROJECT. THE MURALS WERE TO TOUCH ON THEMES OF DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY, AND HOUSE MUSIC. THE UNDER ONE ROOF MURAL WAS CREATED BY ARTIST MAX SANSING AND CELEBRATES CHICAGO'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOUSE MUSIC. THE OUR WAY BLOOM MURAL WAS CREATED BY JAPANESE- AMERICAN ARTIST, TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA. BOTH PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

    Expenses $186,877 · Revenue $250,000

  • UE SOLIDARITY MURAL - IN EARLY 2024, THE UNITED ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION (UE ) MURAL "SOLIDARITY" WAS THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION. PAINTED IN 1974 BY JOHN WEBER AND JOSE GUERRERO ON THE INTERIOR WALLS OF THE UE BUILDING, "SOLIDARITY," IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MURALS DEPICTING UNION HISTORY. THIS MONUMENTAL WORK WAS SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THE PROPERTY'S SALE TO A DEVELOPER. CPAG WAS HIRED BY UE TO SALVAGE AND CONSERVE THE MURAL. MASSIVE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE RAISING OF NEARLY $700,000 FOR THIS PROJECT IN 2024. WHILE THE MURAL WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE UNION HALL IN LATE MARCH, 2024, THE CONSERVATION WORK DID NOT COMMENCE UNTIL DECEMBER 2024 AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE FALL OF 2024. THE MAJORITY OF THE MURAL SECTIONS WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, THE UE'S NEW LANDLORD.

    Expenses $180,254 · Revenue $14,600

  • HYDE PARK VIADUCTS - THE SOUTH EAST CHICAGO COMMISSION AND SPECIAL SERVICE AREA 61 COMMISSIONED CPAG TO OVERSEE THE REVITALIZATION OF THE HYDE PARK VIADUCTS ALONG 53RD STREET, 55TH STREET AND LAKE PARK AVENUE. CPAG OVERSAW A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THE VIADUCTS. OF THE 650 PARTICIPANTS, NINETEEN ARTISTS CREATED IMAGES THAT ARE REPRODUCED DIGITALLY ON VINYL AND MOUNTED ON STAINLESS STEEL PANELS. THE WORKS SPAN FROM ABSTRACT TO REALISTIC STYLES, SHOWCASING THE ABUNDANCE OF TALENT IN HYDE PARK WHILE CELEBRATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S VITALITY AND COMPLEX HISTORY. ON MAY 22ND, CPAG WILL UNVEIL AN EXCITING REVITALIZATION PROJECT OF THE VIADUCTS ALONG 53RD STREET, 55TH STREET, AND LAKE PARK AVENUE IN HYDE PARK.

    Expenses $91,793 · Revenue $132,699

  • Expenses $327,735 · Revenue $163,287

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bernard Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Alexander Lovrine

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Koreman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Jensen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonja Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janeen Mays

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Weiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Weber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ogechi Harry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nilay Mistry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chantal Healey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $84,915
    From this org
    $84,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349301213

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