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← CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$527,138
Total expenses
$461,099
Contributions and grants received
$373,817
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$151,961
Investment income
$857
Other revenue
$503
Total assets, end of year
$452,499
Total liabilities, end of year
$183,314
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$269,185
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$307,175
Management and general expenses
$112,106
Fundraising expenses
$41,818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$307,175

Program services were 66.6% 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)

    $145,400

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $228,417

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $151,961 · related or exempt $151,961

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $857 · excluded $857

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $503 · excluded $503

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $503

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,000 · program services $47,530 · management and general $11,430 · fundraising $11,040

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $74,740 · program services $50,749 · management and general $12,203 · fundraising $11,788

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,019 · program services $12,533 · management and general $2,831 · fundraising $2,655

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,047 · program services $7,684 · management and general $1,735 · fundraising $1,628

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,418 · program services $7,336 · management and general $20,082

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,882 · program services $5,854 · management and general $16,028

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,727 · management and general $3,727

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,329 · program services $10,668 · management and general $5,941 · fundraising $3,720

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,000 · program services $20,541 · management and general $4,689 · fundraising $4,770

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,132 · program services $242 · management and general $2,874 · fundraising $16

  • 20 · Interest

    total $555 · program services $51 · management and general $398 · fundraising $106

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,752 · management and general $1,752

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,851 · management and general $23,851

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEES

    total $125,925 · program services $124,725 · management and general $1,200

  • 24b · Other expenses: ARTIST SUPPLIES

    total $15,880 · program services $15,400 · management and general $480

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANT WRITING FEES

    total $5,870 · fundraising $5,870

  • 24d · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $4,502 · program services $3,862 · management and general $415 · fundraising $225

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,470 · management and general $2,470

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,921 · end of year $155,831

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $192,034 · end of year $37,247

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $70,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $95,706 · end of year $167,795

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $415 · end of year $2,500

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

    $65,821

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

    $61,200

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,662 · end of year $4,621

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $43,203 · end of year $14,505

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,054 · end of year $15,527

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $70,614 · end of year $139,429

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $41,074 · end of year $16,003

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $41,053 · end of year $12,355

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $71,009 · end of year $59,925

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $132,137 · end of year $209,260

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP BRINGS ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC ART, EXTENDING AND TRANSFORMING THE TRADITION OF COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-INVOLVED PUBLIC ARTWORK.

  • COILED SERPENT AND AUGMENT EARTH - THIS MULTI-YEAR EARTHWORK PROJECT IS THE SECOND INSTALLATION OF A NEW HYBRID MOUND TYPOLOGY BY AN INDIGENOUS ARTIST IN NORTH AMERICA, SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS SIGNIFICANT HOMAGE TO THE ANCESTRAL PRACTICE OF MOUND BUILDING SERVES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RICH CULTURAL HISTORY OF PLACEMAKING, INTENDING TO ACTIVATE THE HUMAN CONNECTION TO THE RIVER AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE NARRATIVE OF CHICAGO'S CULTIVATION AS A CITY. THE MOUND WAS CREATED WITH THE SUPPORT OF MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ARTIST X; NILAY MISTRY, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND COLLABORATORS AT THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT; THE AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER; AND THE PORTAGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

    Expenses $37,693 · Revenue $53,597

  • NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS PROJECT, GREATER GRAND CROSSING - ARTIST PUGS ATOMZ, PARTNERED WITH FELLOW ARTISTS AND GRAND CROSSING RESIDENTS, DAMON LAMAR REED, AND JOE "CUJO" NELSON, TO SEED A PUBLIC ART CORRIDOR THAT WOULD STRETCH FROM COTTAGE GROVE TO KING DRIVE. REED CREATED A MURAL FOR CHIFRESH KITCHEN, A WOMEN AND MINORITY-OWNED COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS SERVING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MEALS. ATOMZ'S MURAL ENLIVENS THE NEW HOME FOR GYRLS IN THE H.O.O.D., AN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO TEEN GIRLS. AND JOE CUJO NELSON RESTORED HIS 2,750 SQUARE FOOT MURAL "GREATER GRAND" CELEBRATING NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE. EACH PIECE ENHANCES ITS SURROUNDINGS AND REINFORCES THE POSITIVE ACTIVITIES OCCURRING IN THOSE SPACES. LIGHT, LOVE, HOPE, COMMUNITY PRIDE, AND GROWTH ARE PREDOMINANT THEMES.

    Expenses $27,498 · Revenue $5,000

  • WE ARE SEEDS OF LIFE AND REMEMBERING THE BAOBAB TREE, HOLSTEN LARRABEE - SONJA HENDERSON AND ALFONSO PILOTO NIEVES RUIZ, CABRINI GREEN - HENDERSON AND NIEVES CREATED TWO MURALS FOR A MIXED-INCOME APARTMENT BUILDING AT 551 WEST ELM STREET. THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FIRM, LBBA ARCHITECTS, DESIGNED THE BUILDING. LBBA WORKS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLIENTS AND THE ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC ART IN AND AROUND THE BUILDINGS THEY DESIGN. THE MURALS CELEBRATE THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $17,378 · Revenue $32,706

  • Expenses $224,606 · Revenue $103,755

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bernard Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Heather Wallack

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Landon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonja Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janeen Mays

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie Jensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Weiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Weber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ogechi Harry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nilay Mistry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Smitha Vasan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chantal Healey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402989349301210

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