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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EXPERIMENTAL STATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,197,963
Total expenses
$3,073,469
Contributions and grants received
$2,994,718
Grants paid
$1,539,579
Program service revenue
$192,279
Investment income
$230
Other revenue
$10,736
Total assets, end of year
$2,011,911
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,080
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,890,831
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,603,739
Management and general expenses
$281,733
Fundraising expenses
$187,997
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,603,739

Program services were 84.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,095,647

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $899,071

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROG. SERVICE REVENUE

    total $98,212 · related or exempt $98,212

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL TO COMMUNITY

    total $73,845 · related or exempt $73,845

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FARMERS MARKET

    total $20,222 · related or exempt $20,222

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $230 · excluded $230

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHERS

    total $10,736 · excluded $10,736

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,736

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,539,579 · program services $1,539,579

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $107,150 · program services $38,648 · management and general $49,215 · fundraising $19,287

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $556,579 · program services $379,936 · management and general $64,050 · fundraising $112,593

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,501 · program services $3,009 · management and general $596 · fundraising $896

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,004 · program services $8,725 · fundraising $2,279

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,206 · program services $44,776 · management and general $11,591 · fundraising $13,839

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,223 · management and general $4,223

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,183 · management and general $54,183

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,118 · program services $14,422 · management and general $35,019 · fundraising $10,677

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $97,201 · program services $91,853 · management and general $5,023 · fundraising $325

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,671 · program services $30,370 · management and general $1,923 · fundraising $378

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $125,765 · program services $91,918 · management and general $16,021 · fundraising $17,826

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,778 · program services $8,427 · management and general $1,136 · fundraising $215

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,431 · program services $7,667 · management and general $3,664 · fundraising $100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,295 · program services $29,459 · management and general $5,503 · fundraising $1,333

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $186,376 · program services $178,598 · management and general $5,678 · fundraising $2,100

  • 24b · Other expenses: LINK DVCP REIMBURSEMENT

    total $69,856 · program services $69,856

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $33,896 · program services $31,345 · management and general $279 · fundraising $2,272

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $30,606 · program services $10,611 · management and general $16,481 · fundraising $3,514

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,051 · program services $24,540 · management and general $7,148 · fundraising $363

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,111,242 · end of year $509,880

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $261,842 · end of year $1,370,534

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,765 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,243 · end of year $54,626

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

    $239,846

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

    $162,975

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $86,702 · end of year $76,871

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $49,880 · end of year $78,544

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $175,742 · end of year $17,836

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,700

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,245,913 · end of year $978,911

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,259 · end of year $911,920

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION WAS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INITIATIVES OF ALL GENRES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ART AND DESIGN, INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL MODELS, FOOD, AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION IS TO BUILD INDEPENDENT CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. WE DO THIS BY FOSTERING A DYNAMIC ECOLOGY OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. SINCE 2006, WE HAVE BOTH BUILT OUR OWN PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF IDENTIFIED LOCAL NEEDS AND HAVE FOSTERED, HOSTED, AND SPONSORED NUMEROUS OTHER INITIATIVES.

  • LINK UP ILLINOIS PROVIDES FUNDING, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO FARMERS MARKETS FOOD COOPERATIVES, MOBILE MARKETS, CORNER STORES, AND OTHER VENUES SELLING LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE TO IMPLEMENT LINK MATCH AT THEIR VENUES. LINK MATCH MATCHES THE VALUE OF SNAP/LINK PURCHASES, ALLOWING RECIPIENTS TO RECEIVE UP TO $25 OF FREE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PER TRANSACTION AT FARMERS MARKETS AND $5 PER DAY IN GROCERY SETTINGS.

    Expenses $2,211,089 · Grants $1,539,579 · Revenue $98,212

  • THE 61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET WAS CREATED IN 2008 TO BRING HEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD EDUCATION TO THE WOODLAWN COMMUNITY. A LEADER IN ILLINOIS IN SERVING A LOW-INCOME POPULATION, THE MARKET ACCEPTS SNAP/ILLINOIS 'LINK', DOUBLES THE VALUE OF SNAP/LINK PURCHASES WITH LINK MATCH, AND OFFERS YEAR-ROUND AT-MARKET, IN-SCHOOL, AFTER-SCHOOL, AND ADULT FOOD EDUCATION. IN 2023, THE 61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET OFFERED 25 OUTDOOR AND 10 INDOOR MARKET DAYS, PROVIDING ACCESS TO SOME OF THE HEALTHIEST FOODS IN THE REGION (GROWN AND PRODUCED BY MORE THAN 30 LOCAL GROWERS AND PRODUCERS) TO OVER 500 SNAP/LINK CLIENTS.

    Expenses $208,409 · Revenue $20,222

  • BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS PROVIDES YOUTH EDUCATION IN A BIKE SHOP SETTING. IN 2023, BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS OFFERED FREE MECHANIC TRAINING, FREE BICYCLES, INTERNSHIPS, COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING, AND COLLEGE/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $184,241 · Revenue $73,845

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARTIN FRIEDMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • EMMITT HOUSE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • MULUBWA MUNKANTA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETH LOEB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • STEVE WIESENTHAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CORLISS KING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JILL INGRASSIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • RICHARD WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CONSTANCE SPREEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,150
    From this org
    $100,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,911
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAN PETERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349306686

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