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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,234,883
Total expenses
$16,964,535
Contributions and grants received
$9,062,449
Grants paid
$16,937,073
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$175,430
Other revenue
-$2,996
Total assets, end of year
$782,051
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,733
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$780,318
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,937,073
Management and general expenses
$27,462
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,937,073

Program services were 99.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $28,854

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,033,595

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $175,430 · excluded $175,430

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $28,854

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,996

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,996 · excluded -$3,996

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,937,073 · program services $16,937,073

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $17,106 · management and general $17,106

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,867 · management and general $2,867

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,003 · management and general $7,003

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUNDRY

    total $486 · management and general $486

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,200,267 · end of year $458,953

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $307,450 · end of year $323,098

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,464 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $210 · end of year $1,733

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,509,971 · end of year $780,318

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION ACCELERATES THE CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF CHICAGO THROUGH TRAVEL AND TOURISM INITIATIVES.

  • THE CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION STRATEGICALLY PROMOTES EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT YOUTH, COMMUNITY, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE FOUNDATION WILL OFFER FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND LONG-TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ETHNICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT WITHIN THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $16,937,073 · Grants $16,937,073

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • W James Meyer

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $266,770
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,791
    Other
    $7,979
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,791 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,148 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $271,939 related
  • Rosilynn Stuttly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related
  • Rich Gamble

    INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $370,596
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $368,124
    Other
    $2,472
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $368,124 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,205 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $383,329 related
  • Juan Leyva

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Lacael Palmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Al Orendorff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sandi Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Hamed Hasmy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Lynn Osmond

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $572,448
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $570,095
    Other
    $2,353
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0 + $86,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $484,095 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,199 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $571,294 related

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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE CEO'S COMPENSATION, PAID BY THE CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU, IS DETERMINED AS A PART OF THEIR WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO EXECUTION.
PART I, LINE 4A
LYNN OSMOND TOTAL COMP = $573,647. SEVERANCE TOTALED $405,992 (THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL COMP AMOUNT)

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349311699

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