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← CHICAGO FILM ARCHIVES NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO FILM ARCHIVES NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$491,724
Total expenses
$586,985
Contributions and grants received
$228,452
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$254,415
Investment income
$5,970
Other revenue
$2,887
Total assets, end of year
$558,658
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,611
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$551,047
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$408,592
Management and general expenses
$154,546
Fundraising expenses
$23,847
Program service expenses (Part III)
$408,592

Program services were 69.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $24,030

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $204,422

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Film Transfers

    total $49,838 · related or exempt $49,838

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other

    total $41,589 · related or exempt $41,589

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Rentals

    total $51,489 · related or exempt $51,489

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Royalties and Licensing

    total $111,499 · related or exempt $111,499

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,970 · excluded $5,970

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,693

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $806

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,887

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,913 · program services $50,643 · management and general $7,791 · fundraising $19,479

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $189,934 · program services $146,721 · management and general $43,213

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,218 · program services $12,803 · management and general $11,415

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,850 · program services $15,411 · management and general $3,920 · fundraising $1,519

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,417 · program services $53,736 · management and general $13,284 · fundraising $1,397

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,827 · program services $10,163 · management and general $3,653 · fundraising $11

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $11,595 · program services $11,595

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $84,148 · program services $74,613 · management and general $9,535

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,181 · management and general $1,181

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $81,022 · program services $26,737 · management and general $54,285

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,922 · management and general $3,922

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies & Materials

    total $5,035 · program services $4,997 · management and general $38

  • 24b · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $1,614 · management and general $1,614

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank & Processing Fees

    total $1,340 · management and general $65 · fundraising $1,275

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $839 · program services $673 · fundraising $166

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,130 · program services $500 · management and general $630

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $204,475 · end of year $185,035

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $708,589

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

    $456,386

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $327,527 · end of year $252,203

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $114,603 · end of year $121,420

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,242 · end of year $7,611

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $611,527 · end of year $508,871

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,837 · end of year $42,176

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Chicago Film Archives is a regional archive dedicated to identifying, collecting, preserving, and providing access to films that represent the Midwest.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To serve institutions and filmmakers of this region and elsewhere by establishing a repository for institutional and private film collections; serve a variety of cultural, academic and artistic communities by making the films available locally, nationally, and internationally for exhibition, research, and production; and serve our culture by restoring and preserving films that are rare or not in existence elsewhere.

  • COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF FILMS WHICH HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    Expenses $408,592 · Revenue $254,415

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nancy Watrous

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $77,913
    From this org
    $77,913
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathy Monk

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Larry Shulman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Zerlin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Goi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ted Hardin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lesley Coffin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
17 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202520769349301912

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