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← CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$68,147,549
Total expenses
$73,382,562
Contributions and grants received
$39,376,498
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$27,009,050
Investment income
$1,908,720
Other revenue
-$146,719
Total assets, end of year
$359,100,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,306,581
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$293,793,946
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$59,357,004
Management and general expenses
$7,721,805
Fundraising expenses
$6,303,753
Program service expenses (Part III)
$59,357,004

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL R ZIMMERMAN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALAN J ROUSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR

    CHAIR, FINANCE & INVESTMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANITA M SARAFA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANITA M TYSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANN BALUSEK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNE LEVENTRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNE S LOUCKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARBARA MALOTT KIZZIAH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BENJAMIN F LENHARDT JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOB PROBST

    CHAIR, AUDIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRITT M MILLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROL A BARNETT

    CHAIR, BUILDINGS, GARDENS, AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE M WADDELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER E GIRGENTI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER MERRILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRAIG NIEMANN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANA ANDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANA S FERGUSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANE VS LEVY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DORA AALBREGTSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EILEEN FIGEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERNEST C WONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERNEST W TORAIN JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GLENA TEMPLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREGORY A MOERSCHEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREGORY K JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEATHER LOWE BECKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HENRY MUNEZ

    CHAIR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAKE AMSBARY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES BROOKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES W DEYOUNG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE IRWIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE S PARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEAN Z TSAI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JILL M DELANEY

    CHAIR, SCIENCE & EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOAN CHUN HUGHES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN H BUEHLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH P GROMACKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE HAYES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHLEEN HAGERTY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARUEN OAKES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA M LINGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOIS L MORRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYDIA RB KELLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIA SMITHBURG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARTHA D BOUDOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY B RICHARDSON-LOWRY

    CHAIR, NOMINATING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATT BANHOLZER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELVIN F WILLIAMS JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL J MCMURRAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY GIDWITZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NASRIN THIERER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLE S WILLIAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAM F SZOKOL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER KEEHN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • R HENRY KLEEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD SCIORTINO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT E SHAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT FINKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBIN COLBURN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RUSSELL F BARTMES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RYAN KELLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RYAN S RUSKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAMUEL S JACOBS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAWNELLE RICHIE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN J GAVIN

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUZANNE M BURNS

    CHAIR, HUMAN RESOURCES & COMPENSATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRENCE R BRADY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS E LANCTOT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY A DUGAN

    CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONI PRECKWINKLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WANJIKU J WALCOTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM J HAGENAH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AIDA GIGLIO

    VICE-PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $298,231
    From this org
    $271,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,873
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,358
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,772
    Filer's total
    $298,231

  • CARMEN VERGARA

    VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WCH

    Total calculated
    $197,462
    From this org
    $185,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $197,462

  • FRED SPICER

    EXECUTIVE VP & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $369,966
    From this org
    $334,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $334,862
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,104
    Filer's total
    $369,966

  • GWEN VANDERBURG

    VICE-PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $248,530
    From this org
    $225,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,126
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,509
    Filer's total
    $248,530

  • IVAN ADAMES

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $334,183
    From this org
    $314,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,842
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,341
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $334,183

  • JEAN FRANCZYK

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $539,078
    From this org
    $502,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $502,878
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,200
    Filer's total
    $539,078

  • JENNIFER SCHWARZ

    VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $260,186
    From this org
    $236,782
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,782
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,509
    Filer's total
    $260,186

  • KAYRI HAVENS

    VICE-PRESIDENT, SCIENCE & ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $230,701
    From this org
    $209,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,311
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,390
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,719
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,592
    Filer's total
    $230,701

  • PAUL RAFAC

    EXECUTIVE VP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $368,330
    From this org
    $333,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,226
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,104
    Filer's total
    $368,330

  • MATTHEW ARRAN CARVER

    INTERIM STRATEGIC SYSTEMS AND REPORTING

    Total calculated
    $300,718
    From this org
    $300,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,718
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,718

  • MOONJUNG KIM-FIDDLER

    ASSOCIATE VP, TALENT ACQUISITION AND HR

    Total calculated
    $162,118
    From this org
    $154,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,348
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,348
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,118

  • PATRICIA M SHANAHAN

    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $188,298
    From this org
    $173,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,399
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,899
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,406
    Filer's total
    $188,298

  • PATRICK S HERENDEEN

    SR. DIRECTOR, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $193,766
    From this org
    $179,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,730
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,546
    Filer's total
    $193,766

  • TIMOTHY D JOHNSON

    SR. DIRECTOR, HORTICULTURE

    Total calculated
    $163,343
    From this org
    $157,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,198
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,145
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,198
    Filer's total
    $163,343

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
THE SOCIETY PROVIDES A SUBSIDY FOR HEALTH CLUB DUES VALUED AT $90 PER MONTH. SIX INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMPENSATION LIST RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT, FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL VALUE OF $6,480.

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202503219349316780

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