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← HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,322,842
Total expenses
$10,986,304
Contributions and grants received
$9,535,528
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$673,295
Investment income
$1,382,637
Other revenue
$731,382
Total assets, end of year
$83,680,036
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,845,805
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$79,834,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,426,356
Management and general expenses
$1,194,820
Fundraising expenses
$1,365,128
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,426,356

Program services were 76.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $303,942

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,942,674

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,094,723

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,194,189

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,289,263

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS INCOME

    total $611,620 · related or exempt $611,620

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAMS

    total $56,771 · related or exempt $56,771

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPEAKER INCOME

    total $4,904 · related or exempt $4,904

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,202,707 · excluded $1,202,707

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,358,903

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

    securities $15,178,973

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $179,930

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $179,930 · excluded $179,930

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,088,156

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

    $1,942,674

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $883,389

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $204,767 · excluded $204,767

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $824,624

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $334,071

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $490,553 · excluded $490,553

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $159,250

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $123,188

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $36,062 · related or exempt $13,294 · unrelated business $22,768

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $945,390 · program services $414,499 · management and general $197,013 · fundraising $333,878

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,402,866 · program services $1,520,977 · management and general $520,885 · fundraising $361,004

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $45,714 · program services $26,738 · management and general $9,376 · fundraising $9,600

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $278,188 · program services $175,355 · management and general $47,501 · fundraising $55,332

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $229,483 · program services $139,379 · management and general $44,521 · fundraising $45,583

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,484 · management and general $108,484

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $42,000 · management and general $42,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $108,598 · management and general $108,598

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $146,715 · program services $146,715

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $144,551 · program services $127,475 · management and general $4,770 · fundraising $12,306

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $209,755 · program services $209,755

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,140,852 · program services $1,140,852

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $109,202 · program services $89,248 · management and general $17,804 · fundraising $2,150

  • 20 · Interest

    total $697 · management and general $697

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,649,417 · program services $2,649,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $104,894 · program services $80,709 · management and general $24,185

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $983,905 · program services $983,905

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

    total $612,813 · program services $612,813

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND LOC FE

    total $306,514 · program services $10,713 · fundraising $295,801

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING - MISC

    total $17,485 · fundraising $17,485

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $398,781 · program services $97,806 · management and general $68,986 · fundraising $231,989

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,382,100 · end of year $5,687,213

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,996,994 · end of year $5,757,754

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,484,613 · end of year $5,447,418

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $68,726 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $641,015 · end of year $651,671

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $61,186 · end of year $42,080

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,358,521 · end of year $1,559,884

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

    $61,525,786

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

    $27,346,556

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,762,492 · end of year $34,179,230

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,783,184 · end of year $30,354,786

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $285,491 · end of year $324,373

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,562,589 · end of year $2,167,356

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,348,678 · end of year $1,354,076

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,454,406 · end of year $72,353,459

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,887,667 · end of year $7,480,772

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF THE HOLOCAUST BY HONORING THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO WERE LOST AND BY TEACHING UNIVERSAL LESSONS THAT COMBAT HATRED, PREJUDICE AND INDIFFERENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RECORD, REMEMBER, AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND HOW IT RELATES TO CURRENT ISSUES.

  • ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER'S PERMANENT COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 30,000 ITEMS FORMERLY BELONGING TO HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. THESE PRECIOUS ARTIFACTS WERE DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS LIVING PRIMARILY IN THE MIDWEST WHO DIRECTLY EXPERIENCED THE HOLOCAUST. THE MUSEUM, AS CUSTODIANS OF THESE ITEMS, USES THEM TO TELL THE STORIES OF OUR LOCAL SURVIVOR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $5,764,627 · Revenue $624,914

  • THE MUSEUM HOSTS A WIDE ARRAY OF FILMS, DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, CONCERTS AND FAMILY PROGRAMS TO PROBE MORE DEEPLY INTO ASPECTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, TOLERANCE AND HISTORY. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH AT THE MUSEUM PROVIDE FORUMS FOR VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY IMPLICATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE AND INJUSTICE AND TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE. DOCENT-LED AND SELF-GUIDED TOURS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $1,634,941 · Revenue $56,771

  • THE MUSEUM HAS 4 PERMANENT EXHIBITION SPACES, 2 TEMPORARY/SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERIES, AND 2 MEMORIAL ROOMS, THE ROOM OF REMEMBRANCE AND HALL OF REFLECTION. THE PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE: 1. THE KARKOMI HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION 2. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! THE HARVEY L. MILLER FAMILY YOUTH EXHIBITION 3. TAKE A STAND CENTER 4. JOURNEY BACK, A VR EXPERIENCE.ROOM OF REMEMBRANCE AND HALL OF REFLECTION ARE MEMORIAL SPACES.FOR A JOURNEY BACK, A VR EXPERIENCE -EMPLOYS CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE VISITORS ON A VIRTUAL REALITY JOURNEY AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH CONCENTRATION CAMPS WITH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO EXPERIENCED THEM. THE EXHIBITION IS A GLOBAL GAME-CHANGER, REVOLUTIONIZING THE FIELD OF HOLOCAUST MEMORY THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND STORYTELLING.

    Expenses $1,026,788 · Revenue $4,904

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Simona Citron

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven L Fradkin

    CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Glass

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Golder

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Harris

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Karkomi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jordan Lamm

    CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abbey Romanek

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Romanoff

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Rehbock

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Salomon

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Swibel

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Ackerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Ballis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Banzuly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Bashkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Biller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Boorstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Eisenstadt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Esko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Gendell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toby Glickman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miriam Goldberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Grant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mitch Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Gregoire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Grossmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dede Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Heimann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Takiff Hirsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Ag Hollis III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmen Hollowell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Jacoby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stanley Jaspan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Kalman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ida Kersz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harley Korman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Kreamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Kreamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eileen Kugman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerry Laderman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Langer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gayle Littleton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Maling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Marcovici

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosemary Matzl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Nortman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Peltz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffry Pfeffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Pinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Poticha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Rabinowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Rader

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Rebitzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ari Sagett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Samson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Satyr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Schecter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Seidner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Smolyansky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Strusiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Thalheimer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Waring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Winters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Olga Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Xilas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernard Cherkasov

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $395,525
    From this org
    $367,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $322,500
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,775
    Filer's total
    $395,525
  • Kenneth Cooper

    SR VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $335,379
    From this org
    $319,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,543
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,036
    Bonus
    $46,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,043
    Filer's total
    $335,379
  • Kelley Hayes Szany

    SR VP OF EDUCATION AND EXHIBITIONS

    Total calculated
    $218,986
    From this org
    $206,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,320
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,666
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,820
    Filer's total
    $218,986
  • Noah Cruickshank

    VP MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $140,027
    From this org
    $130,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,096
    Hours/week
    40
  • Richard Storer

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $121,640
    From this org
    $112,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,149
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Lowry

    BUILDING OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $114,172
    From this org
    $104,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,749
    Hours/week
    40
  • Arielle Weininger

    CHIEF CURATOR COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

    Total calculated
    $104,870
    From this org
    $101,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,468
    Hours/week
    40
  • Angelo Barone

    SR VP OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $108,930
    From this org
    $100,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,725
    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
THE FOUNDATION ENTERED INTO AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CURRENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. PER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, THE FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS EQUAL TO 5 PERCENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S SALARY AND BONUS EACH YEAR INTO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION VEHICLE. THE CONTRIBUTIONS VEST IMMEDIATELY. FOR 2023, $18,750 WAS REPORTED AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.
PART I, LINE 7
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED BONUSES BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVING ESTABLISHED BENCHMARKS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THESE BONUSES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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
29 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402709349300910

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