2022-06-22T09:42:05-07:00 2021-06-30 990 2020-07-01 362167004 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHIC 3126424600 1601 N Clark Street Chicago IL 60614 Cheryl Obermeyer VP of Finance 3127992120 2022-06-03 1 11 0 AAL2 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Donald Lassere 1601 N Clark St Chicago IL 60614 22352613 0 X www.chicagohistory.org X 1857 IL To share Chicago's stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. 72 72 193 144 -99741 0 9127594 12535392 960043 472775 4703822 3956444 934493 -195851 15725952 16768760 0 0 0 0 7250457 6348585 0 0 1678749 10059868 8517409 17310325 14865994 -1584373 1902766 120490653 142770893 74108832 70725162 46381821 72045731 To share Chicago's stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration, and civic engagement is the foundation of the Museum's programs and events, exhibitions, educational initiatives, publications, and collecting activities that touch the lives of all Chicagoans and help them make meaningful and personal connections to history. 0 0 5427409 682167 EDUCATION AND AUDIENCE - CHM engages audiences with history that reflects our city's complex past and diverse communities. Our exhibitions and programs bring Chicago's past to life for families, adults, Museum members, and students. In 2020, we faced significant limitations to our in-person offerings because of COVID-19 restrictions, and we used our vast online resources to deliver content to cultural audiences while the Museum was closed. Most notably, we launched our Chicago History at Home virtual series, which offers "bite-size" interpretive moments to history lovers via email and social media. The initiative draws a monthly average reach of 350,000 on social media. Over 150 posts were created in 2020, each featuring images from our collection and related stories. We advanced other digital projects in 2020 as well, completing our virtual reality experience of the first Ferris Wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition and adding exhibitions to our Google Arts and Culture site. While we were only able to welcome 20% of our usual 50,000 annual school visitors onsite, we stepped up to serve 16,000 students and educators with remote workshops and virtual tours. Another 9,200 families and teachers downloaded our learning activities for children and youth. The Museum hosts robust public programs, including panel discussions, commemorative day celebrations, film screenings, and public history tours of the iconic sites and neighborhood treasures of Chicago. These experiences allow CHM to bring our collection and interpretive content to broad audiences. We reached 14,314 people through virtual programs in 2020. Last year, CHM served over 11,000 students through the Chicago Metro History Fair, a program that engages nearly 90 schools with an inquiry-based curriculum and culminates in showcases of student projects. We pivoted to virtual fairs and teacher support for History Fair in 2020. 3711471 4425670 COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH CHM houses a premier collection, estimated at 25 million objects, documents and images, including an unparalleled set of materials pertaining to Abraham Lincoln; one of the largest and most significant costume collections in the world; the Hedrich Blessing architecture photography collection; the photo morgues of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times newspapers; color works by Vivan Maier; and the complete library of Studs Terkel's WFMT interviews. CHM seeks to maximize discoverability of its collections, making primary source material available to researchers. Our onsite vehicle for public access is the Research Center, a non-circulating library of publications, images, documents, and artifacts, which served nearly 4,000 patrons in 2021. CHM's website introduces hundreds of thousands of annual online visitors to collection holdings and offers access to its Research Center staff, who address research inquiries. The Research Center also hosts hundreds of History Day students every season, who visit to conduct research on their selected topics. 808885 712123 EXHIBITIONS CHM shares Chicago's stories, enabling visitors to explore historical themes and events and reflect on the city's diverse communities. CHM exhibits photos, videos, artifacts, and interactive displays that connect audiences to history. Exhibits are designed, fabricated, and installed according to national industry best practices and with an eye for innovative methods of interpretation. In addition to maintaining permanent exhibitions such as the landmark Chicago: Crossroads of America, Facing Freedom, and Sensing Chicago, CHM offered several temporary exhibitions in 2021. 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purchases and contributions from benefactors since the inception are not recognized as assets on the statement of financial position. Purchases of collection items are recorded as decreases in unrestricted net assets in the year in which the purchase is acquired. Proceeds from the deaccessions or insurance recoveries are reflected as increases in net asset class. The collections are held for educational, research and historical purposes. The items are cataloged, preserved and conserved. Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 - The organization collects, exhibits and interprets documents, images and artifacts related to the history of metropolitan Chicago and the United States. The mission is to expand the audiences of history, to be a leader in historical education and a premier research institution. Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 - To provide long-term financial health and a predictable stream of funding to support museum operations and programs supported by the endowment while seeking to maintain the purchasing power of the endowment assets. Making History Awards 653250 396586 256664 0 0 0 0 0 89105 0 0 653250 396586 256664 0 0 0 0 0 89105 89105 167559 X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donald Lassere President and CEO 219239 0 0 0 0 0 8770 0 10657 0 238666 0 0 0 Cheryl Obermeyer Vice President of Finance 169333 0 0 0 0 0 6773 0 7624 0 183730 0 0 0 Gary T Johnson President 154772 0 0 0 0 0 6191 0 7201 0 168164 0 0 0 John Russick Senior Vice President 160983 0 0 0 0 0 6439 0 353 0 167775 0 0 0 Michael Anderson Director Institutional Advancement, Major Gifts 134424 0 0 0 0 0 5377 0 353 0 140154 0 0 0 A Illinois Finance Authority 861091967 45200Bxs2 2006-02-09 50975000 capital construction 0 0 0 A 0 0 50975000 0 0 0 498494 0 50976506 50975000 0 0 2006 1 0 1 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 A 1 1 0 0 0 1 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the Finance and Audit Committee, distributed to the Board of Trustees requesting their review, and provided during the annual audit process. Comments and questions are directed to the Vice President of Finance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c A periodic report of trustee-related transactions is reviewed for potential conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Committee of the organization is responsible for the annual review of the compensation for the President and Officers. The process includes the review of performance against institutional goals and comparable market salary data. The process is completed with Executive Committee recommendations and approval of the Board of Trustees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's annual report is on the museum's website and it is noted that the tax filings are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Change in value of interest rate swap agreement ($4,512,651) and split-interest agreements ($861,388). Due to the COVID impact on museum operations and staffing, it has taken considerably longer to prepare the tax filing for the fiscal year 2021.