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← CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,105,013
Total expenses
$21,751,433
Contributions and grants received
$4,240,436
Grants paid
$28,045
Program service revenue
$16,652,779
Investment income
$33,279
Other revenue
$178,519
Total assets, end of year
$30,023,711
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,946,409
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,077,302
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,930,240
Management and general expenses
$3,903,064
Fundraising expenses
$1,918,129
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,930,240

Program services were 73.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $914,118

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $394,028

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $939,821

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,992,469

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $23,134

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOUR SALES

    total $16,209,672 · related or exempt $16,209,672

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $378,388 · related or exempt $378,388

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $64,719 · related or exempt $64,719

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,257 · excluded $33,257

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,350 · excluded $1,350

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $71,570

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $71,570

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $71,570 · excluded $71,570

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,335

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

    securities $12,313

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $22

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $22 · excluded $22

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $86,700

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

    $394,028

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $254,026

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$167,326 · excluded -$167,326

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $446,021

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $180,312

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $265,709 · related or exempt $263,160 · unrelated business $2,549

  • 11a · Other revenue: OPERATING- MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $7,216 · excluded $7,216

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,216

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $28,045 · program services $28,045

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,214,307 · program services $406,039 · management and general $624,295 · fundraising $183,973

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,060,786 · program services $1,988,779 · management and general $538,612 · fundraising $533,395

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $166,996 · management and general $166,996

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $341,856 · program services $414,577 · management and general -$196,518 · fundraising $123,797

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $320,122 · management and general $320,122

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,890 · management and general $53,890

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,376,726 · program services $809,202 · management and general $547,845 · fundraising $19,679

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $437,463 · program services $437,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,820 · program services $18,758 · management and general $28,265 · fundraising $797

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $330,124 · program services $45,559 · management and general $284,565

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $9,250 · program services $9,250

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,197,839 · program services $868,614 · management and general $200,073 · fundraising $129,152

  • 17 · Travel

    total $90,648 · program services $47,154 · management and general $20,307 · fundraising $23,187

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $41,579 · program services $36,673 · management and general $3,215 · fundraising $1,691

  • 20 · Interest

    total $63,595 · management and general $63,595

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $983,714 · program services $11,284 · management and general $972,430

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $83,832 · management and general $83,832

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION

    total $10,156,621 · program services $10,156,621

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,533,604 · program services $549,129 · management and general $190,791 · fundraising $793,684

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING/PHOTOCOPY

    total $152,401 · program services $42,878 · management and general $749 · fundraising $108,774

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIUM

    total $60,215 · program services $60,215

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,600,841 · end of year $2,476,837

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,035,373 · end of year $2,066,969

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,369,826 · end of year $1,967,647

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $706,806 · end of year $28,225

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $84,384 · end of year $215,794

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $312,927 · end of year $262,870

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

    $13,644,664

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

    $4,933,728

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,524,522 · end of year $8,710,936

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $104,821 · end of year $86,322

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,716,823 · end of year $14,208,111

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $463,901 · end of year $536,872

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $84,019 · end of year $57,999

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,096,418 · end of year $1,918,702

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,068,103 · end of year $16,432,836

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,070,490 · end of year $9,765,774

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,673,392 · end of year $1,311,528

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION'S (DBA CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER "CAC") MISSION IS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO DISCOVER WHY DESIGN MATTERS.CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION IS THE LEADING ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING CHICAGO AS A CENTER OF ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION. AS CHICAGO'S FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON URBAN DESIGN, CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION INSPIRES PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUILDING OF VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND TO DEMAND THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN URBAN DESIGN. CAC AWAKENS YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF ARCHITECTURE. SEE SCHEDULE O.THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION'S (DBA CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER "CAC") MISSION IS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO DISCOVER WHY DESIGN MATTERS.CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION IS THE LEADING ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING CHICAGO AS A CENTER OF ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION. AS CHICAGO'S FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON URBAN DESIGN, CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION INSPIRES PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUILDING OF VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND TO DEMAND THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN URBAN DESIGN. CAC AWAKENS YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.

  • TOURS ARE THE HALLMARK OF THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER AND OFFER INSIGHTS INTO CHICAGO'S BUILDINGS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENVIRONMENTS. IN 2022 TOUR ATTENDANCE WAS OVER 22,000 FOR WALKING TOURS AND OVER 318,000 FOR BOAT TOURS. CAC TOURS ARE GIVEN BY 386 TRAINED VOLUNTEER DOCENTS WHO ALSO WRITE AND CONCEPTUALIZE THE TOUR OFFERINGS FOR BOAT, BUS, WALKING AND EL.

    Expenses $12,787,508 · Revenue $16,475,938

  • THE CAC YOUTH INITIATIVES AND CAC TEEN PROGRAMS PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND TOURS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, COVERING "STEM" CURRICULUM SUBJECTS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, FOR K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, WORKSHOPS, COMPETITIONS, CAMPS, INTERNSHIPS AND CLASSROOM PROGRAMS. THE CAC'S NEWHOUSE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN COMPETITION SHOWCASES THE TALENTS OF CHICAGO AREA STUDENTS WHO CREATE PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS. CAC'S LONGEST STANDING EDUCATION PROGRAM, NEWHOUSE, CELEBRATED 40 YEARS OF INSPIRING TEENS TO DISCOVER WHY DESIGN MATTERS IN 2022. OTHER CORE PROGRAM INCLUDE GIRLS BUILD!, AND TEEN FELLOWS.

    Expenses $1,502,047 · Revenue $61,613

  • CAC OFFERS EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ON THE SUBJECT OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IN 2022, OVER 35,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN OUR EXHIBITIONS. THE CENTER OFFERS A SKYSCRAPER GALLERY, ROTATING EXHIBITS AND ALARGE-SCALE INTERACTIVE MODEL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

    Expenses $1,207,665 · Revenue $113,470

  • MUSEUM SHOP, MARKETING, MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $433,020 · Grants $28,045 · Revenue $264,918

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • John W Rutledge

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Thompson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Niemann

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Johns

    TREASURER - THRU 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Pintozzi

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry H Kuehn

    LIFE TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Powers Baria

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Berndt

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Blair

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES - THRU 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andreason Brown

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andre Brumfield

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph G Burns

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Hamman

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Drake

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelley Finnigan

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Graham Grady

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Helton

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kapil Khanna

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ursula Moncau

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan Gabriel Moreno

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Nelson

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Newman

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James D Parsons

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brandi Pitts

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert S Rivkin

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Semel

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clifford Shapiro

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Spring

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Sutton

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Tanz

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Loewenberg Tebbe

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theodore Yi

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Forest

    EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS - THRU 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenton A Foutty

    EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS - THRU 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Constance Rajala

    EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS - THRU 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Odelbo

    BOARD OF TRUSTEE - BEG 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Osmond

    PRESIDENT AND CEO - THRU 4/2022

    Total calculated
    $221,773
    From this org
    $209,936
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,837
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,936
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,881
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,956
    Filer's total
    $221,773
  • Eleanor Gorski

    CEO - BEG 12/2022

    Total calculated
    $27,083
    From this org
    $27,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Juanna Blackwell

    COO / INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $315,312
    From this org
    $295,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,067
    Bonus
    $10,991
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,374
    Filer's total
    $315,312
  • Ashley Hall

    CONTROLLER / INTERIM CFO

    Total calculated
    $60,128
    From this org
    $57,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,328
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Malak

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $210,207
    From this org
    $197,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,856
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,475
    Bonus
    $12,876
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,156
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,700
    Filer's total
    $210,207
  • Nicole Korwach

    VP OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $195,833
    From this org
    $188,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,282
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,551
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $195,833
  • Emily Dreke

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $183,973
    From this org
    $154,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,561
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,412
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,749
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,812
    Filer's total
    $183,973
  • Patricia Lara Garza

    DIRECTOR OF CORP GIVING

    Total calculated
    $127,381
    From this org
    $118,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,622
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Wood

    SENIOR CURATOR

    Total calculated
    $147,327
    From this org
    $141,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,666
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joel Holt

    VP OF IT - BEG 2/2022

    Total calculated
    $127,153
    From this org
    $117,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,924
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Nucci

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $135,474
    From this org
    $116,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,024
    Hours/week
    40
  • Valencia Muhammad

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $135,918
    From this org
    $118,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,856
    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. 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION PAYS FOR THE CEO'S MONTHLY DUES TO THE UNIVERSITY CLUB, WHICH IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT IS USED FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS, LUNCHES FOR PROSPECTIVE DONORS, AND EVENTS ON THE BEHALF OF CAC.
PART I, LINE 7
THE CEO RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES RECIEVED A BONOUS BASED ON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349319023

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