Totals
- Total revenue
- $15,748,259
- Total expenses
- $16,978,721
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,121,521
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $2,265,090
- Investment income
- $4,460,223
- Other revenue
- -$98,575
- Total assets, end of year
- $126,209,101
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $59,113,446
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $67,095,655
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $10,865,533
- Management and general expenses
- $5,208,836
- Fundraising expenses
- $904,352
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,865,533
Program services were 64.0% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$561,765
-
1c · Fundraising events
$919,305
-
1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,832,629
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,807,822
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
-
2a · Program service revenue: Admission and Program Fees
total $769,419 · related or exempt $769,419 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2b · Program service revenue: Rights and Reproductions
total $203,246 · related or exempt $203,246 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2c · Program service revenue: Cafe Service
total $1,292,425 · related or exempt $1,292,425 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $146,036 · related or exempt $146,036 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $1,095,280 · personal property $0
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $1,193,855 · personal property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$98,575 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$98,575 · related or exempt -$98,575 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $12,455,087 · other assets $0
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $8,140,900 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $4,314,187 · other assets $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $4,314,187 · related or exempt $4,314,187 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$919,305
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,099,004 · management and general $920,182 · fundraising $178,822
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,145,995 · program services $4,241,748 · management and general $515,672 · fundraising $388,575
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $194,028 · program services $138,175 · management and general $37,396 · fundraising $18,457
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $621,746 · program services $493,240 · management and general $88,997 · fundraising $39,509
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $443,912 · program services $329,507 · management and general $73,728 · fundraising $40,677
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $7,202 · management and general $7,202
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $114,450 · management and general $114,450
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · management and general $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $687,181 · management and general $687,181
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $126,779 · program services $126,779
-
13 · Office expenses
total $345,970 · program services $235,260 · management and general $41,516 · fundraising $69,194
-
14 · Information technology
total $170,000 · program services $105,000 · management and general $45,000 · fundraising $20,000
-
16 · Occupancy
total $833,179 · program services $608,221 · management and general $83,318 · fundraising $141,640
-
17 · Travel
total $23,351 · program services $16,222 · management and general $431 · fundraising $6,698
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $780 · fundraising $780
-
20 · Interest
total $1,996,295 · management and general $1,996,295
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,660,639 · program services $2,660,639 · management and general $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $200,548 · management and general $200,548
-
24a · Other expenses: Debt Service
total $396,920 · program services $0 · management and general $396,920 · fundraising $0
-
24b · Other expenses: Exhibition Fabrication
total $109,564 · program services $109,564 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24e · All other expenses
total $1,801,178 · program services $1,801,178
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,573,705 · end of year $4,829,101
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,159,920 · end of year $3,475,098
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,693,210 · end of year $258,166
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $2,000,000 · end of year $2,000,000
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $41,350 · end of year $56,944
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $30,288 · end of year $123,807
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$83,806,749
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$52,984,128
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $32,542,639 · end of year $30,822,621
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $49,670,807 · end of year $49,250,356
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $28,400,445 · end of year $29,865,565
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,319,337 · end of year $5,527,443
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,106,426 · end of year $750,290
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $514,723 · end of year $599,700
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $50,474,927 · end of year $50,513,394
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $10,472,749 · end of year $7,250,062
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $44,138,136 · end of year $45,134,694
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,724,740 · end of year $21,960,961
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history and to each other.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Serve as the primary destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement to connect people to Chicago's history and each other.
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EDUCATION AND AUDIENCE - At the heart of the Chicago History Museum's mission to connect people to Chicago's history and each other, is our commitment to design and offer meaningful and relevant programs, resources, and experiences within and beyond the museum walls. We strive to empower and inspire learners of all ages and backgrounds to investigate Chicago's rich histories and nurture their curiosity and potential to be active history makers. Through rich and diverse educational experiences and programs, we hope to inspire lifelong learning and contribute to shaping an urban society that is inclusive, empathetic, and aware of its power to learn from and make history and influence positive change for future generations. In FY23, a set of key programming and learning guidelines was established to ensure departmental learning was in alignment with CHM's institutional mission, contemporary museum learning discourse, and the nuanced needs of the groups the department serves. These guidelines required programming to be learner-centered, culturally responsive, inquiry and civic-minded, and actively anti-racist; allowing audiences to see themselves in history and make meaningful connections to their lives and Chicago.
Expenses $6,134,123 · Revenue $3,956,987
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COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH CHM houses a significant collection of artifacts, archives, and research materials, including over 23 million objects, over 30,000 linear feet of documents, and over five million images. Among these materials are numerous items pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, one of the largest clothing and textile collections in the country, the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times newspaper photo morgues, color photography taken by Vivian Maier, and the complete library of Studs Terkel's WFMT interviews. CHM seeks to maximize the discoverability and use of its collections through exhibition, digitization, and research. CHM's Abakanowicz Research Center (ARC), a non-circulating library, facilitates in-person access to books, periodicals, and archival materials, including photographic materials. It served 4603 patrons in 2023, including hundreds of History Day students. CHM's website introduces hundreds of thousands of annual online visitors to its collection, including access to over 370,000 digital images and an online catalog. It also provides visitors with the ability to make research inquiries.
Expenses $2,439,403 · Revenue $5,592,331
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $2,292,007 · Revenue $1,282,569
As filed on the 2022 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
-
Donald Lassere
President and CEO
- Total calculated
- $316,548
- From this org
- $316,548
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $316,548
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $316,548
-
Cheryl Obermeyer
Vice President of Finance
- Total calculated
- $181,597
- From this org
- $181,597
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Michael Anderson
Director Institutional Advancement, Major Gifts
- Total calculated
- $147,728
- From this org
- $147,728
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Thema McDonald
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
- Total calculated
- $140,428
- From this org
- $140,428
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
John Russick
Senior Vice President
- Total calculated
- $106,121
- From this org
- $106,121
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Shatierra Parks
Senior Director of Human Resources
- Total calculated
- $103,885
- From this org
- $103,885
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Michael H Ebner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
T Bondurant French
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lafayette J Ford
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Sallie L Gaines
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Alejandra Garza
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Timothy J Gilfoyle
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Mary Lou Gorno
Trustee-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
David A Gupta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
David D Hiller
Trustee-Chair Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Edgar D Jannotta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Falona Joy
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Randye A Kogan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Judith Konen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
W Paul Krauss
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Robert C Lee
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Josephine Louis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Timothy P Moen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Ralph G Moore
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Potter Palmer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jesse H Ruiz
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Joseph Seliga
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gordon I Segal
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Larry Selander
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Paul L Snyder
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Samuel J Tinaglia
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Ali Velshi
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gail Ward
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Monica M Weed
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Robert R Yohanan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Tobin E Hopkins
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gregory Besio
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Barbara A Hamel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
James L Alexander
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Matthew Blakely
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
David P Bolger
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Laurence O Booth
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Paul Carlisle
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Rita Sola Cook
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
John W Croghan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Patrick F Daly
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Patrick W Dolan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
James P Duff
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Paul H Dykstra
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Walter C Carlson
Trustee-Chair Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Guillermo Garcia
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Janice Jackson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jennifer Kirk
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Mark Potter
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lei Shen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jonathon Skinner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Arnaldo Rivera
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Mark D Trembacki
Trustee-Second Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Warren K Chapman
Trustee-First Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Daniel S Jaffee
Trustee-Chair Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Michael Barzyk
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Dionne Danns
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gary S Feinerman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
John N Low
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Robert Manuel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
David A Mordini
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Maggie M Morgan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Elizabeth D Richter
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
J Michael Whitted
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 4
- John Russick-RIF
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
- 2022
- Filed
- 14 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202431369349314723
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