CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (EIN 36-2225482)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-16
IRS object ID: 202003219349309015
Schema version: 2019v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-16T12:01:44-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	381357951	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Plante & Moran PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 S Riverside	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	362225482	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Chicago Horticultural Society	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CHIC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8478355440	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 Lake Cook Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Glencoe	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60022	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Paul P Rafac	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive VP & CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2020-11-16	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	David Lowenthal	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00378651	PTIN
Phone	3122071040	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-11-05	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Chicago Botanic Garden	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Jean M Franczyk	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 Lake Cook Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Glencoe	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$104,285,430	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.chicagobotanic.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1890	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The Chicago Botanic Garden's mission: We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life. The Chicago Horticultural Society operates the Chicago Botanic Garden on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	61	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	61	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	730	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2185	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$738,322	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$34,776,517	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$57,399,157	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$10,910,777	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$14,719,796	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,953,168	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$16,265,810	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$323,455	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$66,074	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$49,317,007	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$88,318,689	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$24,882,464	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$24,863,089	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$148,346	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$4,415,165	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$22,949,022	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$24,044,158	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$47,979,832	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$48,907,247	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,337,175	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$39,411,442	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$249,029,271	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$289,912,332	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$62,118,015	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$64,897,279	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$186,911,256	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$225,015,053	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Chicago Botanic Garden's mission: We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$15,888,454	ExpenseAmt
Desc	HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMS - THE GARDEN COMPRISES 385 ACRES, INCLUDING 81 ACRES OF LAKES AND WATERWAYS, A 15 ACRE ILLINOIS PRAIRIE, AND 100 ACRES OF NATIVE WOODLANDS. THERE ARE 27 DISPLAY GARDENS REPRESENTING UNIQUE DESIGNS, SUCH AS THE ENGLISH WALLED GARDEN, THE JAPANESE GARDEN, AND THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ISLAND. IN 2019, THE PLANT COLLECTION OF THE GARDEN TOTALS 2,652,236 LIVING PLANTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE ACCESSIONS (ACCESSION RECORDS) IS 26,552 WITH THE TAXA IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS NUMBERING 13,144. A TOTAL OF 256 FAMILIES ARE REPRESENTED. THE PLANT COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT AT THE GARDEN OVERSEES THE ACQUISITION OF PLANTS AND SEEDS FROM NURSERIES, ARBORETA, BOTANIC GARDENS, PLANT BREEDING PROGRAMS, AND COLLECTING EXPEDITIONS TO MANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,394,017	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PLANT CONSERVATION - THE GARDEN IS RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT PLAYER IN INTERNATIONAL PLANT CONSERVATION AND A LEADER IN ORNAMENTAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT. ITS PLANT BREEDING, EVALUATION, AND INTRODUCTION EFFORTS ARE CREATING NEW AND IMPROVED PLANTS FOR MIDWEST GARDENS, AND ITS DIVISION OF PLANT SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION IS WORKING ON THE MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME, INCLUDING INVASIVENESS, LOSS OF PLANT SPECIES BIODIVERSITY, AND HABITAT CONSERVATION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$6,991,354	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$5,868,872	RevenueAmt
Desc	VISITOR SERVICES: 1,276,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GARDEN IN 2019, FROM THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO AREA, THE MIDWEST, THE NATION AND THE WORLD. THE GARDEN FEATURES A WIDE VARIETY OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMMING AND EXHIBITIONS. THE GARDEN ALSO HOSTS DOZENS OF FLOWER SHOWS AND SALES, AND IS THE SITE OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES AND WEEKEND FAMILY CLASSES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (4 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	RevenueRevenueAmt	DescDesc
$6,716,371	$2,331,413	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - THROUGH THE JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, JR. SCHOOL OF THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN AND A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, THE GARDEN SEEKS TO BECOME THE NATION'S PREEMINENT TEACHING GARDEN, WITH PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING CAMP CBG (FOR AGES 2-12), NATURE PRESCHOOL, AND SCIENCE FIRST, WINDY CITY HARVEST YOUTH FARM, AND COLLEGE FIRST (FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS). COLLEGE STUDENTS AND POST-GRADUATES PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS INTERN PROGRAMS, SOME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AREA UNIVERSITIES. FINALLY, HUNDREDS OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA, AND ELEVEN PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, JR. SCHOOL. EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 150,000 ARE REACHED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS.
$2,897,590		OTHER INCOME, BUSINESS CODE: 900099
	$3,758,817	GOVERNMENT GRANTS
		MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$9,613,961	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$6,090,230	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$39,887,786	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	Yes (true)	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	181	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	1	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	730	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	61	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	61	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (true)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Paul P Rafac	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8478355440	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 Lake Cook Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Glencoe	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60022	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (75 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Robert F Finke
Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Allegra E Biery
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew Sinclair
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Leventry
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Loucks
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Arthur J Gibson
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Benjamin F Lenhardt Jr
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bob Probst
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carol A Barnett
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Catherine M Waddell
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles V Greener
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher E Girgenti
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher Merrill
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Craig Niemann
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dana Anderson
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David R Casper
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Diane vS Levy
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ellis M Goodman
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George A Peinado
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gillian Growdon
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory A Moerschel
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory K Jones
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Heidi B Capozzi
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Henry Munez
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Robinson
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James W DeYoung
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane Irwin
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane S Park
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jill M Delaney
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John C Robak
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John H Buehler
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jonathan S Holloway
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph P Gromacki
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Laura M Linger
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lois L Morrison
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
M James Leider
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Maria Smithburg
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Martha D Boudos
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary B Richardson-Lowry
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matt Banholzer
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melvin F Williams Jr
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael J Busch
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael J McMurray
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael R Zimmerman
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nancy Gidwitz
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Neville F Bryan
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nicole S Williams
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pam F Szokol
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter Keehn
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter M Ellis
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
R Henry Kleeman
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert E Shaw
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robin T Colburn
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Russell F Bartmes
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ryan S Ruskin
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven J Gavin
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan A Willetts
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Suzanne M Burns
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terrence R Brady
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas E Lanctot
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy A Dugan
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William J Hagenah
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Aida Z Giglio
Vice-President, Human Resources	40.0		Yes (X)	$210,016	$0	$8,158
Frederick R Spicer Jr Jr
Executive VP & Director	40.0		Yes (X)	$237,511	$0	$17,289
Gregory M Mueller
Vice President, Science and Chief Scientist	40.0		Yes (X)	$187,630	$0	$26,532
Harriet Resnick
Vice President, Visitor Exp & Business Develop	40.0		Yes (X)	$165,817	$0	$34,245
James F Boudreau
Executive VP, Marketing and Development	40.0		Yes (X)	$216,395	$0	$37,497
Jean M Franczyk
President and Chief Executive Officer	40.0		Yes (X)	$418,386	$0	$33,057
Jennifer A Schwarz Ballard
Vice President, Education and Community Programs	40.0		Yes (X)	$153,820	$0	$25,594
Thomas J Nissly
Executive VP, Finance and Admin & CFO	40.0		Yes (X)	$252,151	$0	$37,292
Gwendolyn VanderBurg
Sr. Director, Marketing and Communications	40.0			$138,810	$0	$20,795	Yes (X)
Kayri Havens-Young
Senior Director, Plant Science and Conservation	40.0			$134,265	$0	$26,554	Yes (X)
Nina Antonetti
Associate Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations	40.0			$122,264	$0	$1,385	Yes (X)
Patricia M Shanahan
Associate Vice President, Development	40.0			$125,817	$0	$10,927	Yes (X)
Patrick S Herendeen
Sr. Director, Ecology and Conservation	40.0			$123,921	$0	$34,829	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,486,803	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$314,154	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	19	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Rough Brothers Inc
5513 Vine St	Cincinatti	OH	45217	Construction	$893,809
Okeh Electric Company
825 University Drive	Arlington Heights	IL	600041821	Electrical	$566,220
Prescient Solutions
PO Box 5450	Carol Stream	IL	60197	Information Systems Consulting and Service	$530,452
Culture Creative
				Event Design & Production	$445,651	8 Linnet Court	Alnwick	Nothumberland	UK	NE662GD
Frost Lighting
830 W 40th Street	Chicago	IL	60609	Event Production	$396,566

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	30	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$4,648,938	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$853,298	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$9,125,312	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$42,771,609	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$6,615,995	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$57,399,157	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Government Grants	900099	$3,758,817	$3,758,817
Education Programs	900099	$2,331,413	$2,331,413
Facilities Rentals	531390	$738,594		$738,594
Visitor Services	900099	$7,890,972	$5,868,872		$2,022,100

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$14,719,796	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,859,829	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$272	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,860,101	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$29,948,423	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$15,542,442	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,405,981	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,405,981	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$14,405,981	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$358,225	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$853,298	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$424,299	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$66,074	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$66,074	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$88,318,689	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,959,102	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$738,322	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$18,222,108	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,920,397	TotalAmt
Program Services	$883,232	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$924,669	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$112,496	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,745,133	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,657,662	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,158,387	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,929,084	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$278,479	TotalAmt
Program Services	$206,523	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,941	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,015	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,504,528	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,056,337	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$214,565	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$233,626	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,414,552	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,154,202	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$117,196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$143,154	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,469,169	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,101,636	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$227,224	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$140,309	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,804	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$91,900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$116,685	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$116,685	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$147,954	TotalAmt
Management And General	$147,954	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,623,267	TotalAmt
Program Services	$706,569	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$686,913	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$229,785	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$526,172	TotalAmt
Program Services	$422,858	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$103,314	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,853,371	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,917,795	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$182,044	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$753,532	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$497,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$316,293	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$62,565	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$118,156	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$947,301	TotalAmt
Program Services	$823,216	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,006	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$76,079	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$415,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$376,186	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,163	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$159,507	TotalAmt
Program Services	$151,834	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,334	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,339	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,642,132	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,048,174	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$520,951	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$73,007	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,287,351	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,955,184	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$148,977	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$183,190	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$715,420	TotalAmt
Program Services	$512,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,898	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$142,088	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Repairs and Maintenance	$658,889	$638,228	$20,518	$143
Miscellaneous	$887,373	$959,423	-$72,050	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,907,247	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,887,786	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,604,296	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,415,165	FundraisingAmt

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,229,344	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,439,091	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,843,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,999,860	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,321,509	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,229,748	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$670,988	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,816,864	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$229,020	BOYAmt
EOY	$480,952	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$243,677,647	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$119,804,687	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$129,427,764	BOYAmt
EOY	$123,872,960	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,705,751	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,946,194	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,601,035	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,126,663	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$249,029,271	BOYAmt
EOY	$289,912,332	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,010,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,255,089	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,869,226	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,193,403	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,516,483	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,543,544	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,721,345	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,905,243	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,118,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,897,279	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$128,180,261	BOYAmt
EOY	$130,804,070	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,730,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$94,210,983	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$186,911,256	BOYAmt
EOY	$225,015,053	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$249,029,271	BOYAmt
EOY	$289,912,332	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$39,411,442	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$859,554	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$10,529	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$2,156,670	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$23,528,968	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$19,421,617	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$21,732,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$25,877,380	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$57,729,285	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$148,289,892	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,539,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,592,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,412,216	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,445,780	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,125,312	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$47,115,038	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$33,068,566	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,013,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,144,858	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$35,323,160	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$66,854,597	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$195,404,930	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$11,732,594	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$183,672,336	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,804,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,355,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,495,243	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,763,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,860,101	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,279,149	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$290,774	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$300,667	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$439,764	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$383,543	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,414,748	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$206,098,827	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$53,255,023	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.8912	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9142	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DESCRIPTION - OTHER INCOME FROM UNRESTRICTED BEQUESTS AND OTHER OPERATING INCOME, COLUMN A - 290774.0, COLUMN B - 300667.0, COLUMN C - 439764.0, COLUMN D - 383543.0, COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 1414748.0; DESCRIPTION - , COLUMN A - , COLUMN B - , COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - , COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 0;	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$51,925	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$87,513	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$139,438	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND ITS HIRED LOBBYISTS CONTACTED MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OFFICIALS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN CONNECTION WITH ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL APPROPRIATION MATTERS.
Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND ITS HIRED LOBBYISTS CONTACTED MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OFFICIALS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN CONNECTION WITH ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL APPROPRIATION MATTERS.

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$0	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$4,341,753	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$97,233,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$21,920,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$16,625,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,511,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$131,267,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$102,497,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,022,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$4,096,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,190,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$97,233,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$91,431,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,350,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$13,267,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,551,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$102,497,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$88,359,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$630,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,695,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,253,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$91,431,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$89,438,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,822,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$337,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,238,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$88,359,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.46	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.46	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.08	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$138,117,253	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$51,256,656	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$86,860,597	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$82,112,839	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$55,934,182	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$26,178,657	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,980,362	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,632,938	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,347,424	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$18,467,193	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,980,911	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$9,486,282	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$123,872,960	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Real Estate Funds	$698,286	F
Private Equity Funds	$1,714,615	F
Hedge Funds	$13,886,491	F
Fixed Income Commingled Fund	$34,485,540	F
Open-end Real Estate Fund	$11,341,731	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$62,126,663	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Annuity Payment Liability	$306,323
Derivative Instrument	$3,598,920

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$3,905,243	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 Collections of art - description of collections	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDE RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS THAT SERVE TO FURTHER ITS MISSION.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	THE SOCIETY'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF 90 INDIVIDUAL FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, PRIMARILY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AS WELL AS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS. IT INCLUDES BOTH DONOR RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FUNCTION AS ENDOWMENTS. AS REQUIRED BY GAAP, NET ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOWMENT FUNDS, INCLUDING FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FUNCTION AS ENDOWMENTS, ARE CLASSIFIED AND REPORTED BASED ON EXISTENCES OR ABSENCES OF DONOR-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	THE SOCIETY'S APPLICATION OF GAAPUSA REGARDING UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS HAD NO EFFECT ON ITS FINANCIAL POSITION AS MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THE SOCIETY HAS NO MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES, INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL RISK OF LOSS OF ITS EXEMPT STATUS. THE SOCIETY WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ANY POTENTIAL INTEREST OR PENALTIES RELATED TO POSSIBLE FUTURE LIABILITIES FOR UNRECOGNIZED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES AS INCOME TAX EXPENSE.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (6 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services,Conference Travel	Plants & seeds collecting	$2,993
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT	$7,046,771
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services,Conference Travel,Garden design	Plant collections/illustrations/program speakers	$708,363
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Conference Travel	Attend conference related to program services	$4,250
Russia and Neighboring States	Program Services	Plant and seed collection.	$10,200
Sub-Saharan Africa	Conference Travel		$2,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$7,775,077	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$7,775,077	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	SUMMER BENEFIT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$619,424	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$546,724	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$72,700	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1	$0	CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$0	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$0	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$0	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$0	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$224,417	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	LIGHTSCAPE PREVIEW PARTY	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$324,781	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$252,861	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$71,920	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Cash Prizes Event2	$0	CashPrizesEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$0	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$0	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$0	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$0	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$88,889	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	4	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$267,318	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$53,713	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$213,605	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Other Events	$0	CashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	$0	NonCashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$0	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$0	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$0	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$110,993	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,211,523	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$853,298	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$358,225	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$0	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$0	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$0	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$424,299	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$424,299	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$66,074	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Bingo	$0	GrossRevenueBingoAmt
Cash Prizes Bingo	$0	CashPrizesBingoAmt
Non Cash Prizes Bingo	$0	NonCashPrizesBingoAmt
Rent Facility Costs Bingo	$0	RentFacilityCostsBingoAmt
Other Direct Expenses Bingo	$0	OtherDirectExpensesBingoAmt
Gross Revenue Pull Tabs	$0	GrossRevenuePullTabsAmt
Cash Prizes Pull Tabs	$0	CashPrizesPullTabsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Pull Tabs	$0	NonCashPrizesPullTabsAmt
Rent Facility Costs Pull Tabs	$0	RentFacilityCostsPullTabsAmt
Other Direct Expenses Pull Tabs	$0	OtherDirectExpensesPullTabsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	$16,200	GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$0	CashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$12,343	NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Gaming	$0	RentFcltyCostsOtherGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Gaming	$0	OthDirectExpnssOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	false	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	$16,200	GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$0	CashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$12,343	NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Gaming	$0	RentFcltyCostsTotalGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Gaming	$0	OthDirectExpnssTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	$12,343	DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary	$3,857	NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	IL	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
Licensed	Yes (true)	LicensedInd
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility	1.0	GamingOwnFacilityPct
Gaming Other Facility	0.0	GamingOtherFacilityPct
Individual With Books	Anna Rossi	IndividualWithBooksNm

Persons With Books US Address PersonsWithBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 LAKE COOK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GLENCOE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game Rev	false	CntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd

Gaming Manager Business Name GamingManagerBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Linda Pedian	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Manager Compensation	$0	GamingManagerCompensationAmt
Gaming Manager Services Prov	Managed raffle at fundraising event.	GamingManagerServicesProvTxt
Gaming Manager Is Employee	Yes (X)	GamingManagerIsEmployeeInd
Charitable Distribution Rqr	false	CharitableDistributionRqrInd
Distributed	$0	DistributedAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Jean M Franczyk
President and Chief Executive Officer	$418,386	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$23,290	$0	$9,767	$0	$451,443	$0	$0	$0
Aida Z Giglio
Vice-President, Human Resources	$210,016	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,800	$0	$358	$0	$218,174	$0	$0	$0
Frederick R Spicer Jr Jr
Executive VP & Director	$237,511	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,879	$0	$11,410	$0	$254,800	$0	$0	$0
Gregory M Mueller
Vice President, Science and Chief Scientist	$187,630	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,326	$0	$19,206	$0	$214,162	$0	$0	$0
Harriet Resnick
Vice President, Visitor Exp & Business Develop	$165,817	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,786	$0	$27,459	$0	$200,062	$0	$0	$0
James F Boudreau
Executive VP, Marketing and Development	$216,395	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,596	$0	$28,901	$0	$253,892	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer A Schwarz Ballard
Vice President, Education and Community Programs	$153,820	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,968	$0	$19,626	$0	$179,414	$0	$0	$0
Thomas J Nissly
Executive VP, Finance and Admin & CFO	$252,151	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,490	$0	$26,802	$0	$289,443	$0	$0	$0
Kayri Havens-Young
Senior Director, Plant Science and Conservation	$134,265	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,293	$0	$21,261	$0	$160,819	$0	$0	$0
Patrick S Herendeen
Sr. Director, Ecology and Conservation	$123,921	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,100	$0	$29,729	$0	$158,750	$0	$0	$0
Gwendolyn VanderBurg
Sr. Director, Marketing and Communications	$138,810	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$20,795	$0	$159,605	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE SPOUSE OF ONE VICE PRESIDENT WAS PROVIDED TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR ONE INSTANCE INVOLVING A BONE FIDE BUSINESS TRAVEL PURPOSE. THE BENEFIT WAS TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE COMPENSATION	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Illinois Finance Authority	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	861091967	BondIssuerEIN
CUSIP	45200FLX5	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2008-07-31	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$30,176,131	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	Finance Construction Costs	PurposeDesc
Defeased	false	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	false	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Retired	$0	RetiredAmt
Bond Defeased	$0	BondDefeasedAmt
Total Proceeds	$30,176,131	TotalProceedsAmt
In Reserve Fund	$0	InReserveFundAmt
Capitalized Interest	$0	CapitalizedInterestAmt
Refunding Escrow	$0	RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$505,224	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Credit Enhancement	$0	CreditEnhancementAmt
Working Capital Expenditures	$0	WorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt
Capital Expenditures	$29,670,907	CapitalExpendituresAmt
Other Spent Proceeds	$0	OtherSpentProceedsAmt
Unspent	$0	UnspentAmt
Refunding Tax Exempt Bonds	false	RefundingTaxExemptBondsInd
Refunding Taxable Bonds	false	RefundingTaxableBondsInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (true)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (true)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	false	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	false	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Total Private Business Use	0.0	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	false	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	false	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	Yes (true)	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiledInd
Exception To Rebate	Yes (true)	ExceptionToRebateInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (true)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	Yes (true)	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd

Hedge Provider Name HedgeProviderName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Northern Trust	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Of Hedge	9.9	TermOfHedgePct
Superintegrated Hedge	false	SuperintegratedHedgeInd
Hedge Terminated	false	HedgeTerminatedInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (true)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (true)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule K, Part V Different Procedures to Undertake Corrective Action	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Issuer name: Illinois Finance Authority Part IV, Line 2B: Issuer Name: Illinois Finance Authority - The Society met the two-year exception for construction issues.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	66	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$5,688,196	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	MARKET VALUE OF DONATED BEVERAGES, PLANTS, TREE SERVICES, AIRLINE, HOTEL, LEGAL, SECURITY EQUIPMENT	Desc
Contribution	34	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$927,799	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Part I Explanations of reporting method for number of contributions	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Securities - Publicly traded - NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS Other - MARKET VALUE OF DONATED BEVERAGES, PLANTS, TREE SERVICES, AIRLINE, HOTEL, LEGAL, SECURITY EQUIPMENT NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 6,716,371 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 2,331,413) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - THROUGH THE JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, JR. SCHOOL OF THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN AND A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, THE GARDEN SEEKS TO BECOME THE NATION'S PREEMINENT TEACHING GARDEN, WITH PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING CAMP CBG (FOR AGES 2-12), NATURE PRESCHOOL, AND SCIENCE FIRST, WINDY CITY HARVEST YOUTH FARM, AND COLLEGE FIRST (FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS). COLLEGE STUDENTS AND POST-GRADUATES PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS INTERN PROGRAMS, SOME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AREA UNIVERSITIES. FINALLY, HUNDREDS OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA, AND ELEVEN PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, JR. SCHOOL. EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 150,000 ARE REACHED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 2,897,590 including grants of $) OTHER INCOME, BUSINESS CODE: 900099
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ including grants of $)(Revenue $ 3,758,817) GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ including grants of $) MEMBERSHIP REVENUE
Form 990, Part VI, Line 3 Delegation of management duties	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CONTRACTS WITH SODEXO, INC. TO MANAGE AND OPERATE FOOD SERVICES AND EVENT NETWORK TO MANAGE AND OPERATE RETAIL SERVICES. THESE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS REPRESENT A MINOR SHARE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	THE COMPLETED FORM 990, INCLUDING SCHEDULES, WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS REQUESTED TO REVIEW FORM 990, INCLUDING SCHEDULES, AND ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, OFFER EDITS, AND PROVIDE APPROVAL. SUBSEQUENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL, THE FINAL FORM 990, INCLUDING SCHEDULES, WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW BEFORE FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. EACH BOARD MEMBER MUST FILL OUT AN ANNUAL DECLARATION STATING THAT THEY HAD NO CONFLICTS OR IDENTIFYING THE NATURE OF THEIR INTERESTED PARTY TRANSACTION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE (THE COMMITTEE) OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE INDEPENDENT IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO. THE COMMITTEE EVALUATES THE CEO'S PERFORMANCE AGAINST PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON CRITERIA, CONSIDERS COMPARABLE MARKET DATA, THEN DEBATES AND DOCUMENTS ITS RECOMMENDATION OF REASONABLE COMPENSATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE (THE COMMITTEE) OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE INDEPENDENT IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE COMMITTEE EVALUATES THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE AGAINST PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON CRITERIA, CONSIDERS COMPARABLE MARKET DATA, THEN DEBATES AND DOCUMENTS ITS RECOMMENDATION OF REASONABLE COMPENSATION. IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF OTHER OFFICERS, THE SAME PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED, HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE CEO'S EVALUATION OF THE STAFF'S PERFORMANCE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PRODUCES AN ANNUAL REPORT AND SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL REPORTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF INTEREST RATE SWAPS - -2202552; NET REVENUE OF RELATED ORGANIZATION CHICAGOLAND GROWS - 45882;
Form 990, Part XI, Line 8 Prior period adjustments	IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT ASU NO. 2016-02, LEASES (TOPIC 842), THE CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RESTATED ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2018. THE RESULT WAS A $167,828 ADJUSTMENT TO NET ASSETS FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHICAGOLAND GROWS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 LAKE COOK ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GLENCOE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	363621163	EIN
Primary Activities	PLANT INTRODUCTION	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd