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← CHICAGO FILMMAKERS

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHICAGO FILMMAKERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$767,486
Total expenses
$746,073
Contributions and grants received
$499,665
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$266,910
Investment income
$911
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,668,847
Total liabilities, end of year
$775,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,893,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$611,370
Management and general expenses
$81,552
Fundraising expenses
$53,151
Program service expenses (Part III)
$611,370

Program services were 81.9% 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)

    $287,532

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $212,133

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admissions

    total $50,764 · related or exempt $50,764

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Class Fees

    total $133,804 · related or exempt $133,804

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Entry Fees

    total $18,167 · related or exempt $18,167

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $50,067 · related or exempt $50,067

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Space/Film/Equip Rentals

    total $7,685 · related or exempt $7,685

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $6,423 · related or exempt $6,423

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $911 · excluded $911

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $101,284 · program services $65,835 · management and general $15,192 · fundraising $20,257

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $101,275 · program services $65,828 · management and general $15,192 · fundraising $20,255

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,695 · program services $14,102 · management and general $3,254 · fundraising $4,339

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,631 · program services $10,160 · management and general $2,345 · fundraising $3,126

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,274 · program services $64,218 · management and general $8,055 · fundraising $1

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,881 · program services $7,276 · management and general $605

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,560 · program services $10,162 · management and general $3,398

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,556 · program services $23,434 · management and general $748 · fundraising $374

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $28,871 · program services $24,663 · management and general $2,805 · fundraising $1,403

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $67,451 · program services $57,323 · management and general $6,752 · fundraising $3,376

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,898 · management and general $4,898

  • 24a · Other expenses: Film Production

    total $240,511 · program services $240,511

  • 24b · Other expenses: Licenses & Fees

    total $15,095 · program services $12,620 · management and general $2,455 · fundraising $20

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repairs & Maintenance

    total $11,617 · management and general $11,617

  • 24d · Other expenses: Film Rental

    total $9,358 · program services $9,358

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,116 · program services $5,880 · management and general $4,236

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $715,568 · end of year $725,822

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $303,658 · end of year $303,717

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $98,500 · end of year $125,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,947 · end of year $4,720

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

    $2,200,310

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

    $708,722

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,544,420 · end of year $1,491,588

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,002 · end of year $18,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $146,612 · end of year $192,728

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $610,773 · end of year $582,628

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $53,632

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$161,571 · end of year $38,684

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,033,649 · end of year $1,854,807

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To serve independent film and digital video artists by supporting the creation and dissemination of new media arts works, and to serve Chicago audiences by screening artistically innovative, socially relevant, and diverse films and videos.

  • The Organization nurtures the development of aspiring filmmakers of all ages by offering classes, workshops, and summer camps empowers artists to create new work through production grants, equipment access, fiscal sponsorship, and other services and resources and encourages the professional advancement of media artists through seminars, panel discussions, lectures, rough-cut and open screenings, as well as networking events and other opportunities for artistic exchange. The Organization develops diverse audiences through its year-round weekly film and video exhibition programs and its two annual film festivals, Reeling the Chicago LGBTQ International Film Festival and The Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival.

    Expenses $611,370 · Revenue $266,910

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brenda Webb

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $101,284
    From this org
    $101,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gaylon Emerzian

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Riese Rubin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adam Salasek

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Kuttner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amir George

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Floyd Webb

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2022
Filed
27 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311789349301321

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