Totals
- Total revenue
- $243,049
- Total expenses
- $234,318
- Contributions and grants received
- $124,850
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $118,198
- Investment income
- $1
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $62,058
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $340
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $61,718
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $144,298
- Management and general expenses
- $84,328
- Fundraising expenses
- $5,692
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $144,298
Program services were 61.6% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$9,988
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$114,862
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2a · Program service revenue: FESTIVAL REGISTRATION
total $75,671 · related or exempt $75,671
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2b · Program service revenue: EXHIBITION & FILTER SP
total $42,527 · related or exempt $42,527
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3 · Investment income
total $1 · excluded $1
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $46,673 · program services $28,804 · management and general $17,869
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $50,726 · program services $30,831 · management and general $19,895
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11b · Fees: legal
total $37 · management and general $37
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,803 · management and general $1,803
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11g · Fees: other
total $10,699 · program services $10,699
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,118 · program services $3,118
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,517 · management and general $1,517
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14 · Information technology
total $3,987 · program services $2,591 · management and general $1,396
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16 · Occupancy
total $27,188 · management and general $27,188
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17 · Travel
total $11,297 · program services $11,297
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $25,948 · program services $25,948
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23 · Insurance
total $3,049 · management and general $3,049
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24a · Other expenses: MEALS
total $14,159 · program services $14,159
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $12,925 · program services $3,488 · management and general $3,745 · fundraising $5,692
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24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES
total $8,000 · program services $8,000
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24d · Other expenses: SEMINARS AND EDUCATION
total $3,500 · management and general $3,500
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24e · All other expenses
total $9,692 · program services $5,363 · management and general $4,329
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $32,807 · end of year $41,876
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $20,180 · end of year $20,182
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,946
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$16,946
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $340
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $52,987 · end of year $61,718
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
FILTER PHOTO'S MISSION IS TWO-FOLD: FIRST, TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES OF CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST; AND SECOND, TO HIGHLIGHT CHICAGO AS A VITAL CENTER OF THE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY.SINCE 2009 FILTER PHOTO HAS ORGANIZED THE ANNUAL FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL, A MULTI-DAY CELEBRATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY THAT INCLUDES WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, EXHIBITION RECEPTIONS, ARTIST TALKS, AND OTHER DIVERSE PROGRAMMING. A PRIMARY COMPONENT OF THE FESTIVAL IS THE PORTFOLIO REVIEWS, THROUGH WHICH PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CURATORS, GALLERY DIRECTORS, EDITORS, AND OTHER ELITE PROFESSIONALS.IN 2015 FILTER PHOTO OPENED FILTER SPACE, A PERMANENT GALLERY AND PROJECT SPACE LOCATED IN CHICAGO'S WEST TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1821 WEST HUBBARD STREET, SUITE 207. FILTER SPACE HOSTS REGULAR SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND LECTURES.
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FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL - FILTER PHOTO HOSTS THE ANNUAL FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL EACH FALL. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDES PROGRAMMING BOTH FREE AND PAID INCLUDING PORTFOLIO REVIEWS, WORKSHOPS, ARTIST TALKS AND EXHIBITION RECEPTIONS
Expenses $139,760 · Revenue $91,237
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CALL FOR ENTRIES - FILTER PHOTO OPENS CALL FOR ENTRIES WHERE ARTISTS PAY A SMALL FEE TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK TO BE JURIED INTO GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
Expenses $4,538 · Revenue $26,961
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Doug FogelsonDOUG FOGELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeff PhillipsJEFF PHILLIPS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jay WolkeJAY WOLKE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cecil McDonald JrCECIL MCDONALD JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Asha Iman VealASHA IMAN VEAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David M WongDAVID M WONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dan NisbetDAN NISBET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Stephanie MurraySTEPHANIE MURRAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joe ShanahanJOE SHANAHAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tobi ShinobiTOBI SHINOBI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Erin HoytERIN HOYT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $44,673
- From this org
- $44,673
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 2 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202630409349301938
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