NonprofitsIntuit The Center For Intuitive And Outside Art

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Intuit The Center For Intuitive And Outside Art

CHICAGO, IL

Total revenue

$4.4M

Total expenses

$1.4M

Net assets

$6.2M

Grants received

$696K

34 grants

EIN

363772452

Tax year

2024

Mission

Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art, art created by artists who didnt, or sometimes couldnt, follow a traditional path of art making, using materials at hand to realize their artistic vision. The museums missionchampioning the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming new and familiar audiencesis grounded in the ethos that art can be found anywhere and made by anyone. The instinct to create is universal and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all.

Programs

8 programs

Permanent Collections - Comprises of approximately more than 1,400 collections that are included in the Organization's exhibitions.

Expenses: $171K

Education - Programs are built around each year's exhibitions, typically 3-5 significant exhibits featuring work by outsider and self-taught artists. Intuit's key public programs include: A) Teacher Fellowship Program: 20-24 Chicago Public School teachers attend professional development sessions at Intuit and create interdisciplinary curricula meeting common core standards. The program culminates in a month-long student exhibition at the museum at the end of the school year. B) IntuiTeens Youth Program: 12 teens participate in a summer internship program in which they develop and teach peer-to-peer art workshops at teen and public-facing spaces such as Blind Services Association. The program is intended to sustain long-term arts and civic engagement of teenagers, particularly those in under-served communities. C) Public Art-Making Workshops: Intuit offers a creative space for individuals to transform personal found materials into works of art and express themselves. D) Art After Work: A monthly, Thursday evening do-it-yourself workshop series, targeted at Millennials, which typically attracts 30-50 guests from diverse backgrounds. E) Events: Intuit hosts multi-sensory, inter-disciplinary events for the public, including artist, curator and expert talks; film screenings; and field trips and travel tours. F) The Outsider: Intuit's annual publication features articles related to Intuit's current exhibitions and happenings in the genre of outsider art.

Expenses: $151K

Exhibitions - Intuit produces 3-6 special exhibitions each year and maintains a permanent collection of 1,400 artworks and the Henry Darger Room Collection and archives.

Expenses: $143K

Marketing - Highlights exhibitions and programming at the museum. This includes press releases, paid advertising, emails to museum members and mailing list, and a social media presence, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Expenses: $62K

Memberships - The Organization's members receive access that allows them to experience the Organization's programs like no other visitor, including free admission, discounts in the Vision Store and exclusive member events.

Expenses: $50K

Museum Store - Features unique items, including publications related to outsider and selftaught art and artists and merchandise highlighting the Organization's permanent collection. The store is open during regular business hours and online.

Expenses: $50K

Outsider Magazine - With both physical and online distribution across the country and beyond, includes artist and exhibit features written by outsider art scholars.

Expenses: $23K

Robert A. Roth Study Center - Provides a non-circulating collection with a primary focus in the fields of outsider and contemporary self-taught art. The Organization's holdings contain an extensive and growing library of books, catalogs, periodicals, slides, photographs, videotapes, and archive materials. As a public resource that complements the Organization's educational mission, the Organization's study center is open to students and scholars interested in pursuing further research into intuitive, self-taught, and outsider art and artists.

Expenses: $11K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.3M
Program service revenue$24K
Investment income
Other revenue$35K
Total revenue$4.4M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$747K
Fundraising$177K
Other expenses$611K
Total expenses$1.4M
Total assets$10.4M
Net assets$6.2M

People

29 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Debra Kerr

President & CEO

Board

$91K

40 hrs/wk

Scott Lang

Chair

Board

10 hrs/wk

Elizabeth Nelson

Vice Chair

Board

1 hrs/wk

Shawn Grenald

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Patrick Blackburn

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

William Swislow

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tracy Holmes

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Doug Bristol

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michelle Woods

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jerry Stefl

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kahil El'Zabar

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jan Petry

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Lewis Greenblatt

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Phyllis Rabineau

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cheri Eisenberg

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert Grossett

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rob Lentz

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Bonnie McGrath

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Csar Montenegro

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

James Elbaor

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tyler Roberts

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Maya Sonal Patel

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Dana Boutin

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

David Syrek

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Stacy Wells

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Cleo Wilson

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Adam Wolford

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Anne Kohn

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Vincent Uribe

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 34 of 34

FromAmountPurposeYear
$26K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$26K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$19K
Unrestricted
2023
$15K
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
2023
$6K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$5K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$2K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT
2023
$45K
general operating support
2022
$42K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$30K
$15,000 FOR THE INTITEENS SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND $15,000 FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$26K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$20K
$15,000 FOR THE INTUITEEN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND $5,000 FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$17K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2022
$2K
SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS
2022
$41K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$41K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$37K
CULTURE & ARTS
2021
$14K
General Operating Support
2021
$10K
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM
2021
$60K
general operating support
2020
$14K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$10K
Summer Youth Prgm
2020
$2K
SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS
2020
$11K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$8K
HUMANITIES PROGRAM
2019
$47K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$30K
general operating support
2018
$25K
Unrestricted
2018
$10K
Summer Youth Program
2018

Funded by

$696K from 15 funders · 34 grants · 2018–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$205K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Prince Foundation

$135K · 3 grants · 2018–2022

Fulk Family Foundation Inc

$80K · 5 grants · 2018–2022

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$68K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$60K · 3 grants · 2021–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$33K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Network For Good

$25K · 1 grant · 2018

Maine Community Foundation Inc

$20K · 1 grant · 2020

Details

EIN363772452
NTEE codeA400
Subsection03
Ruling date1992-06
Formed1991
Employees17
Volunteers30
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