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CHOOSE CHICAGO FOUNDATION

EIN 45-4847768 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$9,234,883
Expenses 2024
$16,964,535

Program services were 99.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S99
Classification
1000
Street
301 EAST CERMAK ROAD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,234,883
    Expenses
    $16,964,535
    Contributions
    $9,062,449
    Grants paid
    $16,937,073
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,093,782
    Expenses
    $209,719
    Contributions
    $8,079,744
    Grants paid
    $197,231
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,748
    Expenses
    $141,552
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $65,378

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,550,000
    Expenses
    $2,408,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $859,781

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $75,188
    Expenses
    $32,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $668,538

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $150,411
    Expenses
    $12,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $651,554

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $102,108
    Expenses
    $2,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $493,825

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,056
    Expenses
    $4,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $394,278

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,708
    Expenses
    $72,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $283,060

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $770,086
    Expenses
    $666,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $127,601

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,500
    Expenses
    $16,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,150

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $366,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,094

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.