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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$28,854
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,033,595
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3 · Investment income
total $175,430 · excluded $175,430
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$28,854
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$3,996
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$3,996 · excluded -$3,996
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11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME
total $1,000 · excluded $1,000
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $16,937,073 · program services $16,937,073
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11a · Fees: management
total $17,106 · management and general $17,106
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,867 · management and general $2,867
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23 · Insurance
total $7,003 · management and general $7,003
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24a · Other expenses: SUNDRY
total $486 · management and general $486
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $8,200,267 · end of year $458,953
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $307,450 · end of year $323,098
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,464 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $210 · end of year $1,733
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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.
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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
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W James MeyerW 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
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Rosilynn StuttlyROSILYNN STUTTLY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15 + 25 related
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Rich GambleRICH 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
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Juan LeyvaJUAN LEYVA
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lacael PalmerLACAEL PALMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Al OrendorffAL ORENDORFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Sandi RobinsonSANDI ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Hamed HasmyHAMED HASMY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Lynn OsmondLYNN 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.
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CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU
501(C)(6) · SEE PART VII · IL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349311699
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