Arts, Culture & Humanities
Chicago Architecture Foundation
CHICAGO, IL
Total revenue
$14.7M
Total expenses
$12.3M
Net assets
$10.7M
Grants received
$5.7M
167 grants
EIN
366144362
Tax year
2024
Mission
Advance public knowledge and appreciation of architecture. See schedule o.
Programs
2 programs
In 2024, the youth & family learning team averaged 17 unique programs per month, and 644 participants per month in those programs. This is a 22% increase from 2023 participation numbers (524/mo) and 133% increase in programs offered (7/mo). Our core programming included teen fellows, saturday studios, family festivals, and girls build!. We welcomed a new class of teen fellows and there was an 8% increase in girls build! Students agreeing on the importance of women in stem (up to 97% from 90% in 2023).
Cac offers exhibitions and public programs on the subject of architecture and the built environment. In 2024, over 37,473 people participated in our exhibitions. The center offers a skyscraper gallery, rotating exhibits and a large-scale interactive model of the city of chicago.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
50 listed
Eleanor Gorski
CEO & President
$388K
37.5 hrs/wk
Simone Edwards
Chief Financial Officer
$232K
37.5 hrs/wk
Philip Nadasdy
Chief Strategy Officer
$161K
37.5 hrs/wk
Monica Wilczak
Chief Advancement Officer
$150K
37.5 hrs/wk
Lauren Bakos
Chief Marketing Officer
$125K
37.5 hrs/wk
Gary Axelrod
Board of Trustees - BEG 09/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Kelly Powers Baria
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Gia Biagi
Board of Trustees - Thru 12/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Andreason Brown
Board Vice Chairman- BEG 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Andre Brumfield
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Joseph G Burns
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Stephen Cruise
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Rama Dandamudi
Board of Trustees - BEG 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Ann Drake
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Melissa Harmening
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Sandra Helton
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Stacey Kern
Board of Trustees - BEG 09/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Kapil Khanna
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Ursula Moncau
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Juan Gabriel Moreno
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
David Nelson
Board of Trustees - Thru 05/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Michael Newman
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Lynn Osmond
President Emeriti
—
1 hrs/wk
Jenny Niemann
Board Chairman - BEG 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Catherine Odelbo
Board Treasurer - BEG 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
James D Parsons
Board of Trustees - Thru 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Lisa Pickell
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Brandi Pitts
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Robert S Rivkin
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
John W Rutledge
Past Chair - Thru 05/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Adam Semel
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Katie Spring
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Damona Strautmanis
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Ann Thompson
Past Chairman
—
1 hrs/wk
Danielle Tillman
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Edna Uribe
Board of Trustees - Thru 06/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Kate Van Zeyl
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Bill Williams
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
Theodore Yi
Board of Trustees - BEG 09/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Weifang Zhou
Board of Trustees
—
1 hrs/wk
John Pintozzi
Life Trustee
—
1 hrs/wk
Henry H Kuehn
Life Trustee
—
1 hrs/wk
Ross Wirth
Ex-Officio Members
—
1 hrs/wk
Daniel Lopez Jr
Ex-Officio Members - BEG 03/24
—
1 hrs/wk
Constance Rajala
Ex-Officio Members
—
1 hrs/wk
Michael Wood
Curator
$150K
37.5 hrs/wk
Angela Esposito
VP of Learning
$122K
37.5 hrs/wk
Jamel Magee
HR Director
$121K
32.8 hrs/wk
Eve Fineman
Senior Director of Exhibitions
$116K
37.5 hrs/wk
Joel Holt
VP of Information Technology
$114K
32.8 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$5.7M from 70 funders · 167 grants · 2017–2024
$2.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023
$646K · 7 grants · 2018–2023
$500K · 2 grants · 2019–2020
$486K · 7 grants · 2017–2023
$405K · 6 grants · 2017–2023
$293K · 8 grants · 2020–2022
$250K · 1 grant · 2023
$153K · 3 grants · 2020–2023