Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,699,466
- Total expenses
- $3,398,009
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,383,982
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $216,018
- Investment income
- $44,148
- Other revenue
- $55,318
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,002,208
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $102,230
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,899,978
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,156,480
- Management and general expenses
- $848,044
- Fundraising expenses
- $393,485
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,156,480
Program services were 63.5% 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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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$140,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,243,982
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Concert Ticket and Subscription Sales
total $106,833 · related or exempt $106,833 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2b · Program service revenue: Contracted Services
total $109,185 · related or exempt $109,185 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $44,148 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $44,148
-
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
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$166,043
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$115,270
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $50,773 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $50,773
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11d · All other revenue
total $4,545 · related or exempt $4,545 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$4,545
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $397,457 · program services $232,457 · management and general $82,500 · fundraising $82,500
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,184,278 · program services $886,483 · management and general $105,999 · fundraising $191,796
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $151,243 · program services $116,982 · management and general $14,657 · fundraising $19,604
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $122,373 · program services $81,643 · management and general $22,296 · fundraising $18,434
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11a · Fees: management
total $468,132 · program services $196,951 · management and general $243,254 · fundraising $27,927
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $59,975 · program services $0 · management and general $59,975 · fundraising $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $140,032 · program services $136,432 · management and general $2,600 · fundraising $1,000
-
13 · Office expenses
total $83,599 · program services $25,282 · management and general $38,342 · fundraising $19,975
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14 · Information technology
total $40,565 · program services $31,692 · management and general $8,873 · fundraising $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $59,369 · program services $0 · management and general $59,369 · fundraising $0
-
17 · Travel
total $144,521 · program services $89,969 · management and general $51,453 · fundraising $3,099
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $31,994 · program services $0 · management and general $2,880 · fundraising $29,114
-
20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $8,563 · program services $0 · management and general $8,563 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $17,638 · program services $10,212 · management and general $7,426 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Music Purchases and Production
total $67,009 · program services $67,009 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24b · Other expenses: Facility and Equipment Rental
total $190,958 · program services $190,958 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges and Investment advisory Fees
total $98,703 · program services $90,410 · management and general $8,257 · fundraising $36
-
24d · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expenses
total $131,600 · program services $0 · management and general $131,600 · fundraising $0
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $57,318 · end of year $38,749
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $132,831 · end of year $1,222,905
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $35,063 · end of year $31,797
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$98,870
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$93,433
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $37,197 · end of year $5,437
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,424,754 · end of year $692,134
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $11,186 · end of year $11,186
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $139,369 · end of year $102,230
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $23,928 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,225,963 · end of year $666,645
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $309,089 · end of year $1,233,333
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Our core values are built around being bold and daring in all aspects of our work, providing a source of connectivity through music, and ensuring and inspiring a continued investment in diversity and inclusion in classical music.
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Concerts to offer minorities an opportunity to develop their talents and become role models for future artists and to make symphonic music accessible to those who do not normally attend symphony concerts.
Expenses $2,156,480 · Revenue $156,438
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Blake Anthony Johnson
President & Chief Executive Officer
- Total calculated
- $287,457
- From this org
- $287,457
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $287,457
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $287,457
-
Mei Ann Chen
Music Director
- Total calculated
- $110,000
- From this org
- $110,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
James Weidner
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Genhi Givings Bailey
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Felicia Gerber Perlman
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Althea Alviar Lee
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Melissa B Donaldson
Chair Development Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Douglas Freeman
Chair of International Markets & Relations
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Joyce Johnson Miller
Capital Campaign Committee Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Eva Andalcio
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Anne Barlow
Chair of Program Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jessica Litwin
Co-Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
T Roberson Carter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul Dilda
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Scott Hoesman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Kohnen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Wendy Lewis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sanchit Madan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dr Ebbie Parsons
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Allyson Wynn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Darwin Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rosalyn Carpenter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Joseph Schneider
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Regynald Washington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Patrick Young
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 22 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202640559349301909
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