NonprofitsChicago Humanities Festival

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Chicago Humanities Festival

CHICAGO, IL

Total revenue

$3.7M

Total expenses

$4.8M

Net assets

$19.2M

Grants received

$5.8M

247 grants

EIN

367148236

Tax year

2023

Mission

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.7M
Program service revenue$862K
Investment income$142K
Other revenue
Total revenue$3.7M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.6M
Fundraising$860K
Other expenses$2.3M
Total expenses$4.8M
Total assets$19.4M
Net assets$19.2M

People

31 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Phillip Behar

Executive Director

Board

$217K

40 hrs/wk

Scott Smith

Vice Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Charles Calloway

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cheryl Harris

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Suzanne Gignillat

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Deborah Telman

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Heather McWilliams

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Willard Fraumann

Emeritus Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Clark Hulse

Emeritus Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Allegra Biery

Emeritus Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Gabor Balassa

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Roderick Branch

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Liz Buchanan

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Dave Elzinga

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Erskine Faush

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mary Louise Gorno

DIrector

Board

1 hrs/wk

Elaine Haydock

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kamilah Jones

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Raymond McCaskey

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Elizabeth Nolan

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Pradip Patiath

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Meryl Rosen

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ryan Ruskin

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

James Warren

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Anita Sinha

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grace Stanek

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

John McCarter

Vice Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Douglas Jackson

Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michael Green

Co-Creative Director

Staff

$127K

40 hrs/wk

Lauren Pacheco

Co-Creative Director

Staff

$122K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 247

FromAmountPurposeYear
$100K
to provide general operating support
2024
$55K
2025 Panafrica Days program sponsorship support
2024
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF ITS GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$39K
MATCHING GIFTS AND SPONSORSHIP
2024
$32K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$12K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$9K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$8K
UNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL USE OF CHARITY
2024
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$5K
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2024
$3K
TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2024
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$250
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$119K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$110K
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
2023
$108K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$50K
in support of general operations
2023
$50K
CULTURAL SUPPORT
2023
$44K
SPONSORSHIPS
2023
$36K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$33K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$25K
to support audience Engagement at the Epiphany Center Spring 2023
2023
$12K
Support for community organization
2023
$10K
SUPPORT HUMANITIES
2023
$8K
GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$7K
UNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL USE OF CHARITY
2023
$5K
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$4K
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2023
$3K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS
2023
$3K
UNRESTRICTED USE OF CHARITY
2023
$3K
TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2023
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$2K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1K
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
2023
$500
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2023
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$500
GENERAL OPERATION SUPPORT
2023
$275
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$250
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$145
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$125
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$415K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, MATCHING GIFT, SPONSORSHIP
2022
$158K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$121K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$100K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$100K
To provide support for 2022 operations.
2022
$55K
CULTURAL SUPPORT
2022
$51K
General Operating Support, In support of the 2023 Annual Benefit., In support of their annual benefit and celebration
2022
$50K
in support of its general operations
2022
$28K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$25K
SUPPORT HUMANITIES
2022
$25K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT
2022
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$11K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2022
$11K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$10K
Program Support
2022
$7K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$7K
UNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL USE OF CHARITY
2022
$6K
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2022
$5K
CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONAL
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2022
$3K
GENERAL FUND
2022
$3K
UNRESTRICTED USE OF CHARITY
2022
$3K
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2022
$3K
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FOR THE INTENT ESTABLISHED BY THE VARIOUS CHARITIES
2022
$3K
to support staff attendance at the InfoComm annual conference
2022
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$2K
TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2022
$1K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$1K
HUMANITIES EDU FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCE
2022
$750
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$500
GENERAL OPERATION SUPPORT
2022
$350
Nonprofit Leadership Center - Travel Stipend for Wes Moran
2022
$250
Matching Gift
2022
$250
Seminars and Conferences
2022
$250
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$250
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNRESTRICTED PURPOSES
2022
$145
Unrestricted
2022
$145
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$132K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$132K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$125K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT - EXHIBITIONCHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT - EXHIBITIONCHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT - EXHIBITION
2021
$60K
in renewed support of general operations.
2021
$60K
in support of general operations.
2021
$50K
General Operating Support
2021
$27K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2021
$22K
General operating support. Support for 2022 annual benefit and celebration (no tickets or tangible benefits)
2021
$22K
General operating support. Support for 2022 annual benefit and celebration (no tickets or tangible benefits)
2021
$6K
CULTURE & ARTS
2021
$6K
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2021
$6K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2021
$6K
ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
2021
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$3K
ANNUAL FUND, ENDOWMENT FUND, PUBLIC HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
2021
$3K
GENERAL FUND
2021
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$2K
TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2021
$500
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2021
$500
UNRESTRICTED USE
2021
$125
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2021
$50
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2021
$150K
TO SUPPORT FUTURE PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH RELATED TO THE CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL'S ANNUAL THEME
2020
$150K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$80K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$60K
in support of general operations.
2020
$53K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$50K
General Operating Support
2020
$48K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$27K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
GENERAL UNRESTRICTED
2020
$16K
TO SUPPORT CHARTER HUMANIST ANNUAL FUND, ANNUAL BENEFIT, AND DIGITAL CELEBRATION
2020
$15K
CHF 2020: CLAUDIA RANKINE JUST US: AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION & KRISTA FRANKLIN AND NATE MARSHALL ON BLACK FUTURES
2020
$12K
Support of community organization
2020
$10K
LITERARY ARTS EMERGENCY FUND GRANT
2020
$10K
THE CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE IDEAS THAT SHAPE AND DEFINE US, AND PROMOTES THE LIFELONG EXPLORATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
2020
$10K
Benefit and Digital Celebration in honor of Liz Glassman
2020
$9K
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
2020
$8K
CULTURE & ARTS
2020
$6K
SEE ABOVE
2020
$6K
UNRESTRICTED FOR GENERAL USE OF CHARITY
2020
$6K
TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
2020
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$5K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$5K
CULTURAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
CULTURAL, HISTORICAL & OTHER EDUCATIONAL
2020
$5K
ANNUAL FUND, ENDOWMENT FUND, PUBLIC HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
2020
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS
2020
$3K
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2020
$3K
UNRESTRICTED USE OF CHARITY
2020
$3K
GENERAL FUND
2020
$3K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$3K
GENERAL AND UNRESTRICTED
2020
$3K
ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
2020
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$2K
TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2020
$1K
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2020
$1K
UNRESTRICTED USE
2020
$1K
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2020
$250
Matching
2020
$200
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2020
$125
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$125
Unrestricted
2020
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$141K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$61K
CULTURE & ARTS
2019
$50K
General Operating Support
2019
$30K
ANNUAL TERRA FOUNDATION LECTURE ON AMERICAN ART, 20192021
2019
$30K
COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING
2019
$29K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2019
$20K
General Support
2019

Funded by

$5.8M from 96 funders · 247 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$958K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Robert R Mccormick Foundation

$546K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Chicago Community Trust

$341K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$333K · 7 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$313K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Sinha Kikeri Foundation

$303K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$254K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

PERT Foundation

$250K · 5 grants · 2017–2021

Details

EIN367148236
NTEE codeA99
Subsection03
Ruling date1996-12
Formed1996
Employees47
Volunteers500
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo