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A BETTER CHICAGO

EIN 27-4499625 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$8,681,211
Expenses 2023
$7,645,127

Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
200 W MADISON ST 3RD FLOOR

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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Elizabeth Swanson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $390,976
    From this org
    $371,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,288
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,688
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,288
    Filer's total
    $390,976

  • Becky Betts

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Total calculated
    $200,016
    From this org
    $192,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,200
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,816
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,200
    Filer's total
    $200,016

  • Walter McCloskey

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $194,847
    From this org
    $179,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,088
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,759
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,088
    Filer's total
    $194,847

  • Nataly Barrera

    Portfolio Director, Venture/Ca

    Total calculated
    $160,989
    From this org
    $146,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,041
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,948
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,041
    Filer's total
    $160,989

  • Chelsea Huszar

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $149,259
    From this org
    $142,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,336
    Hours/week
    50

  • William V Krehbiel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John R Keller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Taylor O'Malley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Berkowitz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Schwertfeger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Beard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Keogh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Gilligan

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Schwartz-Ward

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ginger Ostro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ricardo Estrada

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Chern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arjun Aggarwal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Raino

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Myetie Hamilton

    Diretor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brittany Graunke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Knowles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,681,211
    Expenses
    $7,645,127
    Contributions
    $8,435,483
    Grants paid
    $4,319,065
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,080,046
    Expenses
    $8,227,773
    Contributions
    $5,064,335
    Grants paid
    $5,179,375

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 10 September 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.