LAWYERS FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A900

Classification

1200

Street

161 N CLARK ST STE 4200

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 4200). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• FRANCIS L LEDERER FOUNDATION

  EIN 36-2594937

• FRIENDS OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN CRISIS FOUNDATION

  EIN 20-4560243

• HERBERT K AND ELIZABETH M ANSPACH FAMILY FOUNDATION

  EIN 31-1804118

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES IN THE CREATIVE ARTS COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN TEAM-BASED CONSULTING SERVICES IN AREAS RELEVANT TO THE ARTS.

  Expenses $425,290 · Revenue $13,050

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,178,012

  Expenses

  $649,939

  Contributions

  $977,110

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $516,381

  Expenses

  $636,384

  Contributions

  $329,721

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $948,678

  Expenses

  $633,689

  Contributions

  $981,203

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $455,849

  Expenses

  $505,885

  Contributions

  $516,097

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $854,234

  Expenses

  $439,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,154,153

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $566,203

  Expenses

  $428,499

  Assets (EOY)

  $744,498

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $552,360

  Expenses

  $470,800

  Assets (EOY)

  $604,995

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $538,028

  Expenses

  $459,738

  Assets (EOY)

  $540,351

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $416,611

  Expenses

  $382,587

  Assets (EOY)

  $341,696

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $332,217

  Expenses

  $356,372

  Assets (EOY)

  $170,774

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $352,519

  Assets (EOY)

  $193,929

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $338,762

  Assets (EOY)

  $197,900

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $72,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $25,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $25,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• MC DERMOTT WILL AND EMERY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2022

• CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION

  $17,500

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION

  $17,500

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $15,000

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $15,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $15,000

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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

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