Totals
- Total revenue
- $784,000
- Total expenses
- $1,661,249
- Contributions and grants received
- $292,723
- Grants paid
- $182,200
- Program service revenue
- $455,901
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $35,376
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,645,083
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $73,372
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,571,711
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,453,442
- Management and general expenses
- $162,304
- Fundraising expenses
- $45,503
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,453,442
Program services were 87.5% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$65,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$227,723
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2a · Program service revenue: CONSIGNMENT SALES
total $361,808 · related or exempt $361,808
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2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME
total $52,664 · related or exempt $52,664
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2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $8,273 · related or exempt $8,273
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2d · Program service revenue: SPACE RENTAL
total $33,156 · related or exempt $33,156
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$17,747
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $17,747
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$32,843
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$16,861
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $15,982 · related or exempt $15,982
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $1,647 · related or exempt $1,647
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,647
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $182,200 · program services $182,200
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $62,792 · program services $34,536 · management and general $16,326 · fundraising $11,930
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $350,747 · program services $326,591 · management and general $6,201 · fundraising $17,955
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $125,641 · program services $109,986 · management and general $15,192 · fundraising $463
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $37,611 · program services $32,844 · management and general $2,049 · fundraising $2,718
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $251,578 · program services $221,288 · management and general $29,340 · fundraising $950
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $17,779 · program services $17,345 · management and general $95 · fundraising $339
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $36,000 · management and general $36,000
-
17 · Travel
total $146,369 · program services $142,430 · management and general $1,467 · fundraising $2,472
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,679 · management and general $4,679
-
23 · Insurance
total $13,860 · management and general $13,860
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24a · Other expenses: CONSIGNMENTS PAID
total $220,382 · program services $218,969 · fundraising $1,413
-
24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES
total $51,407 · program services $46,361 · management and general $5,046
-
24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $38,580 · program services $37,244 · management and general $373 · fundraising $963
-
24d · Other expenses: RENTAL FEES
total $37,779 · program services $37,779
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24e · All other expenses
total $83,845 · program services $45,869 · management and general $31,676 · fundraising $6,300
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $677,832 · end of year $840,751
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,795,000 · end of year $735,000
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $11,270 · end of year $12,416
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $6,441 · end of year $7,228
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$36,841
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$33,105
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $8,415 · end of year $3,736
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $90,344 · end of year $45,952
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $47,096 · end of year $25,853
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $93,246 · end of year $47,519
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $205,566 · end of year $281,406
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,243,394 · end of year $1,290,305
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION is to create, incubate, and sustain innovative cultural programming through the production of socially engaged projects, festivals, community spaces, exhibitions, and media.
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MDW - Its an annual program to convene artists and arts organizations from the Midwest to connect and exchange ideas. The program includes an art fair, also known as the MdW Assembly, an online publication called the MdW Atlas, and a series of trips to various sites in the Midwest called the MdW Drifts.
Expenses $546,008
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BUDDY - Offers a shop committed to giving artists and small manufacturers in Chicago a place to showcase and sell their goods and artworks to a vast audience of Chicagoans and visitors at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Expenses $417,709 · Revenue $341,233
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LUMPEN MEDIA - The program is a small-scale online television and 24/7 radio station complete with a camera crew and stage set to provide opportunities for artists to produce and air original moving image artworks. The station is a hub for local, multilingual storytelling for communities on Chicago South's Side and beyond.
Expenses $271,678 · Revenue $42,578
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CO-PROSPERITY - The Organization hosts exhibitions, screenings, presentations, installations, festivals, meetings, and performance programs in its 5,000+ square foot gallery.
Expenses $167,195 · Revenue $20,068
-
COMMUNITY KITCHEN - Provides complimentary box lunches to in-need residents, families, and health care workers in Chicago while supporting local restaurants and farmers.
Expenses $27,506 · Revenue $2,537
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LUMPEN MAGAZINE - The Organization issues a quarterly news and culture magazine featuring emerging and established artists and writers. The magazine features editorials, interviews, and reviews focused on current events and emerging cultural trends.
Expenses $23,346 · Revenue $1,342
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Nicholas WylieNICHOLAS WYLIE
MANAGING DIR.
- Total calculated
- $62,792
- From this org
- $62,792
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Edward Marszewski
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Brenda Hernandez
Vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Logan Bay
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
John Babbington
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Maria Marszewski
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Dr Joseph Henry
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rachael Olson-Marszewski
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scottie McNiece
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
-
CONTRATIEMPO
$22,200
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE
$20,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$10,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
-
$10,000
SUPPORTING GRANT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512059349300106
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