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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FILTER PHOTO NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$224,054
Total expenses
$216,367
Contributions and grants received
$137,958
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$86,096
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$52,987
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$52,987
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$133,436
Management and general expenses
$80,319
Fundraising expenses
$2,612
Program service expenses (Part III)
$133,436

Program services were 61.7% 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

    $8,073

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $129,885

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FESTIVAL REGISTRATION

    total $55,471 · related or exempt $55,471

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EXHIBITION & FILTER SP

    total $30,625 · related or exempt $30,625

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $39,353 · program services $23,612 · management and general $15,741

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $47,142 · program services $29,920 · management and general $17,222

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $62 · management and general $62

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,655 · management and general $1,655

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,875 · program services $7,875

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,871 · program services $4,871

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,100 · management and general $3,100

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,769 · program services $2,044 · management and general $1,725

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,454 · management and general $25,454

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,222 · program services $12,222

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,429 · program services $24,429

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,249 · management and general $4,249

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $11,296 · program services $11,296

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $7,554 · program services $3,276 · management and general $4,278

  • 24c · Other expenses: ARTIST STIPENDS

    total $7,038 · program services $7,038

  • 24d · Other expenses: SEMINARS AND EDUCATION

    total $3,500 · program services $2,000 · management and general $1,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,798 · program services $4,853 · management and general $5,333 · fundraising $2,612

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $30,255 · end of year $32,807

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,178 · end of year $20,180

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

    $16,946

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

    $16,946

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,133 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,300 · end of year $52,987

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • 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 $131,364 · Revenue $86,096

  • 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 $2,072

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DOUG FOGELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE FULTON ALT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFF PHILLIPS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AIMEE BEAUBIEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRO MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAY WOLKE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CECIL MCDONALD JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHMA IMAN VEAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID M WONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN HOYT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $35,338
    From this org
    $35,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • JENNIFER MURRAY

    PRIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,015
    From this org
    $4,015
    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
2024
Filed
15 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202500769349301805

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