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← CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,556,792
Total expenses
$5,913,603
Contributions and grants received
$2,987,080
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,846,563
Management and general expenses
$732,710
Fundraising expenses
$1,334,330
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,846,563

Program services were 65.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT WISLOW

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARCY CARLIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID CASPER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARCHANA KUMAR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE SAGAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEATHER ALGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALENA ANTIGUA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET BACZKOWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY BERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JODI BLOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIN BODENDORFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN BOEGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW BREWER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MORGAN CARR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ESTHER CHOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONIQUE DEMERY

    DIRECTOR - THRU 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH DONNELLY

    DIRECTOR - THRU 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEIRDRE DRAKE

    DIRECTOR - THRU 6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL FASSNACHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA FILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER FRIEDES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK GARTLAND

    DIRECTOR - THRU 6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLEY GOODE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRAHAM GRADY

    DIRECTOR - THRU 6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUELINE GRIESDORN

    DIRECTOR - THRU 6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUREN GUPTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANCIA HARRINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM HECKTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE HENDRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID HEROY

    DIRECTOR - THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM HOEFLICH

    DIRECTOR - THRU 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL JONES

    DIRECTOR - THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW LADD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNA LAPIETRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT LEVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROGER LIEW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN LOGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK MCHALE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMANDA MORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRISHA MOWBRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AVANI NARANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDRES ORDONEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE PARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA POTDAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA RICE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRISHA ROONEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIANNA RUIZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRIYA SADARANGANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA SENZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN SPROAT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURENCE SZUMSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERRYL THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WADE THOMSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH TULACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE YOON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDA LANGSTRAAT BUI

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $256,480
    From this org
    $220,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,000
    Bonus
    $6,420
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,660
    Filer's total
    $256,480

  • ELIZABETH ZACHARA DAVIS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $167,365
    From this org
    $140,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,850
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,930
    Filer's total
    $167,365

  • KATHERINE NARDIN

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $153,981
    From this org
    $129,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,851
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,630
    Bonus
    $4,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,388
    Filer's total
    $153,981

  • AUDREY PEIPER

    DIRECTOR OF LEGACY AND IMPACT GIVING

    Total calculated
    $117,325
    From this org
    $106,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,565
    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 — 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 · 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 BOARD APPROVED PAYMENT OF SOHO CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR THE FOUNDATION'S PRESIDENT & CEO, BRENDA LANGSTRAAT. SINCE CLUB USE IS FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP AND RELATED ASSESSMENTS WILL BE PAID IN FULL BY THE FOUNDATION AND ARE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION. BRENDA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ALL NON-BUSINESS RELATED FOOD AND OTHER CHARGES.
PART I, LINE 7
THE CPLF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, APPROVES THE ANNUAL BUDGET, INCLUDING SALARY AND BENEFITS. THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BONUS CONSIDERATION IS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DRIVEN, WITH INPUT FROM THE CEO AND COO. BONUSES MAY BE CONSIDERED DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY STAFF TEAM PERFORMANCE AND/OR CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE TEAM HAS ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION DURING A CHALLENGING TIME.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511359349306151

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