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← CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,964,069
Total expenses
$5,500,090
Contributions and grants received
$6,243,188
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,075,206
Other revenue
-$354,325
Total assets, end of year
$39,009,596
Total liabilities, end of year
$559,120
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,450,476
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,510,559
Management and general expenses
$655,215
Fundraising expenses
$1,334,316
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,510,559

Program services were 63.8% 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

    $1,019,631

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,223,557

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $89,396

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $626,265 · excluded $626,265

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,603,288

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

    securities $4,154,347

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $448,941

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $448,941 · excluded $448,941

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $120,000

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

    $1,019,631

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $495,739

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$375,739 · excluded -$375,739

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $21,414 · excluded $21,414

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,414

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $546,401 · management and general $279,171 · fundraising $267,230

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $541,128 · management and general $106,413 · fundraising $434,715

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,237 · management and general $9,305 · fundraising $42,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,722 · management and general $14,464 · fundraising $56,258

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,769 · management and general $45,395 · fundraising $27,374

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,607 · management and general $3,607

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,686 · management and general $40,686

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,527 · management and general $7,527

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $639,607 · program services $560,045 · management and general $42,860 · fundraising $36,702

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $439,295 · program services $302,871 · fundraising $136,424

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $130,019 · program services $109,060 · management and general $3,428 · fundraising $17,531

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $134,631 · program services $49,891 · management and general $34,323 · fundraising $50,417

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,739 · management and general $37,806 · fundraising $66,933

  • 17 · Travel

    total $209,605 · program services $128,179 · management and general $8,559 · fundraising $72,867

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,120 · program services $65 · management and general $199 · fundraising $8,856

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,190 · management and general $6,031 · fundraising $5,159

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS

    total $906,775 · program services $906,775

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS

    total $823,240 · program services $823,240

  • 24c · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $465,577 · program services $465,577

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AN

    total $164,716 · program services $164,356 · fundraising $360

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $126,499 · program services $500 · management and general $15,441 · fundraising $110,558

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,238,711 · end of year $4,043,363

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $155,358 · end of year $206,073

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $980,395 · end of year $1,763,778

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $144,960 · end of year $103,462

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,399 · end of year $79,624

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

    $50,148

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

    $50,148

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,963,817 · end of year $32,701,289

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $206,922 · end of year $112,007

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $230,140 · end of year $443,897

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $209,935 · end of year $115,223

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,371,641 · end of year $21,693,459

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,935,846 · end of year $16,757,017

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 1986, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (CPLF) IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT THAT EXISTS TO ACCELERATE THE POTENTIAL OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY BY INVESTING IN RESOURCES THAT TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, WE HAVE CONNECTED (SEE SCH O) INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, AND CITY AGENCIES COMMITTED TO BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE EQUITABLE CHICAGO. TOGETHER, WE MAKE PATHWAYS TO LEARNING, CREATIVITY, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACCESSIBLE TO CHICAGOANS OF ALL AGES THROUGH INVESTMENT ACROSS THREE FUNDING PRIORITY AREAS: CLOSING THE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY GAP; SPARKING CREATIVITY & CONNECTION FOR ALL; AND BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ACCELERATES THE POTENTIAL OF OUR PUBLIC (SEE SCH O)LIBRARY BY INVESTING IN RESOURCES THAT TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES.

  • TOO MANY CHICAGO CHILDREN ARE BORN INTO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIMIT HOW FAR THEY WILL GO IN LIFE. WHETHER THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY GROW IN, THE SCHOOLS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, THE RESOURCES THEIR PARENTS HAVE, EVEN THE QUALITY OF THE AIR, OUR CITY HAS LONG BEEN DIVIDED TO THE DETRIMENT OF NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, BUT OF OUR COLLECTIVE PROSPERITY AS CHICAGOANS. SUPPORT FROM DONORS ENSURES STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN ACCESS FREE HOMEWORK HELP, TOOLS FOR SUPPORTING LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, AND YEAR-ROUND STEM CONTENT THAT HELP ENSURE ALL OUR CITY'S CHILDREN HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED EARLY IN LIFE AND TO KEEP ON SUCCEEDING.

    Expenses $1,280,273

  • CHICAGO'S WORLD-RENOWNED ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR FUELS TREMENDOUS CREATIVE, ECONOMIC, AND INNOVATIVE GROWTH. BUT ACCESS TO BIG IDEAS AND TOP TALENT IS OFTEN FAR OUT OF REACH FOR LOWER-INCOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS A RESULT, MANY CHICAGOANS ARE SHUT OUT FROM THE MARKETPLACE OF CREATIVITY AND THE HOLISTIC BENEFITS OF THE ARTS. OUR CITY, IN TURN, MISSES OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ELEVATED AND ENRICHED BY THE INCLUSION OF DIVERSE NEW VOICES AND VIEWPOINTS. DONORS ACTIVATE EVERYTHING FROM MAKER SPACES TO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS PROJECTS TO DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING AUTHORS OF OUR TIME. THESEOFFERINGS INVITE ALL CHICAGOANS TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND IMAGINING NEW POSSIBILITIES NOT ONLY FOR THEIR OWN LIVES, BUT ALSO FOR OUR CITY AND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,111,197

  • ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, MORE THAN 40% OF LOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS DON'T HAVE HOME BROADBAND SERVICES OR A TRADITIONAL COMPUTER. MANY OF THESE ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS ALSO LACK THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY. WITHOUT THIS CRUCIAL KNOW-HOW, THOUSANDS OF CHICAGOANS ARE BLOCKED FROM ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR JOBS, FIND EDUCATION AND HEALTH RESOURCES, PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC LIFE, AND CONNECT WITH LOVED ONES. OUR DIGITAL LITERACY AND LEARNING PROGRAMS REMOVE BARRIERS THROUGH CURATED RESOURCES, SKILLS-BUILDING SUPPORT, AND USER-FRIENDLY CHICAGO DIGITAL LEARNING MODULES ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY COMPUTER. TOGETHER, WE TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $564,228

  • OTHER PROGRAMMATIC EXPENDITURES INCLUDE BRANCH PROGRAMS AND OTHER LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $554,861

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Wislow

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • 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
  • Cindy Pritzker

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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
  • Kathleen Boege

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Brewer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcy Carlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Choy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monique Demory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Donnelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deirdre Drake

    DIRECTOR

    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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Graham C Grady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Griesdorn

    DIRECTOR

    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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam L Hoeflich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Ladd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Lapietra

    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
  • Cheryl Mayberry McKissack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trisha L 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
  • Sheila Owens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Park

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Johnson 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 Saenz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Sprout

    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
    $253,231
    From this org
    $212,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,000
    Bonus
    $6,180
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,951
    Filer's total
    $253,231
  • Elizabeth Zachara Davis

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $152,459
    From this org
    $128,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,959
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,500
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,609
    Filer's total
    $152,459
  • Katherine Nardin

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $140,711
    From this org
    $117,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,881
    Hours/week
    40
  • Audrey Peiper

    DIRECTOR OF LEGACY AND IMPACT GIVING

    Total calculated
    $113,965
    From this org
    $103,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,211
    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 · 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 THE MAJORITY OF 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
2023
Filed
19 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402679349301180

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