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DISTINCTIVE SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS

EIN 27-4967763 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$55,192,004
Expenses 2023
$54,912,015

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B24
Classification
2000
Street
910 W VAN BUREN ST STE 315

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.

  • Joseph Wise

    Chairman, Strategy Advisor

    Total calculated
    $157,487
    From this org
    $150,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,792
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,695
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $586
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,206
    Filer's total
    $157,487

  • David Sundstrom

    Chief Administrative Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,212
    From this org
    $143,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,775
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,520
    Filer's total
    $157,212

  • Kenneth Wong

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $27,864
    From this org
    $27,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Flavin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $24,414
    From this org
    $24,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denise Davis-Cotton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chaula Gupta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Smith

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Ray Stoelinga

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Frauenheim

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $364,217
    From this org
    $345,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,989
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,703
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,525
    Filer's total
    $364,217

  • Katherine O'Connor

    Chief Education Officer

    Total calculated
    $312,768
    From this org
    $240,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,987
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $58,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,377
    Filer's total
    $312,768

  • Erin Lanoue

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $231,827
    From this org
    $226,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,526
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $306
    Filer's total
    $231,827

  • Monique N Langston

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $203,597
    From this org
    $203,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,429
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $168
    Filer's total
    $203,597

  • Samantha Baugh

    Chief Talent Officer

    Total calculated
    $211,110
    From this org
    $200,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,437
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,590
    Filer's total
    $211,110

  • Elizabeth Winke

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $203,066
    From this org
    $198,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,277
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,789
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $219
    Filer's total
    $203,066

  • Jessica Paulsen

    Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $196,779
    From this org
    $193,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,943
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,665
    Nontaxable benefits
    $171
    Filer's total
    $196,779

  • Michael J McCarthy

    Chief of Schools

    Total calculated
    $194,064
    From this org
    $189,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,348
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,716
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $163
    Filer's total
    $194,064

  • Matthew L Pitucco

    Deputy Chief of Engagement

    Total calculated
    $169,376
    From this org
    $159,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,620
    Filer's total
    $169,376

  • Stephanie R Barraza

    Executive Director of Strategy

    Total calculated
    $191,606
    From this org
    $138,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,249
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,946
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,411
    Filer's total
    $191,606

  • Kara May

    Director of Partnerships & Creative Development

    Total calculated
    $176,771
    From this org
    $133,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,282
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,239
    Filer's total
    $176,771

  • Whitney A Rosetti

    Executive Director of Talent

    Total calculated
    $143,543
    From this org
    $130,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,318
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roberto Vargas

    Managing Director of IT and Data Systems

    Total calculated
    $132,566
    From this org
    $121,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,200
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $55,192,004
    Expenses
    $54,912,015
    Contributions
    $225,324
    Grants paid
    $881,135
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $41,725,709
    Expenses
    $41,535,943
    Contributions
    $25,237
    Grants paid
    $317,000

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.