CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (EIN 36-2225482)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-14
IRS object ID: 201813189349310196
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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	2018-11-14T16:43:11-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	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	2017-01-01	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	Thomas J Nissly	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive VP & CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-11-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	David Lowenthal	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00376651	PTIN
Phone	3122071040	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	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	$68,605,409	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	59	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	59	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	814	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2041	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$619,509	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$29,890,490	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$31,168,269	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$13,457,906	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$13,536,015	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,711,941	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,856,464	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$89,139	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$197,240	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$50,149,476	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$49,757,988	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	$25,297,780	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$26,679,276	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$3,047,442	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$21,728,521	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$22,075,772	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$47,026,301	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$48,755,048	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,123,175	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,002,940	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$242,961,271	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$252,541,559	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$58,405,738	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$57,367,828	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$184,555,533	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$195,173,731	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	$12,820,842	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 2017, THE PLANT COLLECTION OF THE GARDEN TOTALS 2,717,691 LIVING PLANTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE ACCESSIONS (ACQUISITION RECORDS) IS 25,184 WITH TAXA IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS NUMBERING 12,173. A TOTAL OF 247 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	$9,880,959	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	$9,439,681	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,850,111	RevenueAmt
Desc	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.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (4 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	RevenueRevenueAmt	DescDesc
$5,211,057	$2,544,476	VISITOR SERVICES: 1,111,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GARDEN IN 2017, 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.
$1,626,313		MEMBERSHIP REVENUE
$166,915	$439,766	OTHER INCOME, BUSINESS CODE: 900099
	$6,710,158	GOVERNMENT GRANTS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$7,004,285	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$9,694,400	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$39,145,767	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	false	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	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	271	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	814	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	Yes (true)	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	59	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	59	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	Thomas J Nissly	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (77 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
Jill M Delaney
Secretary	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Catherine M Waddell
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David R Casper
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John L Howard
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nicole S Williams
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peter M Ellis
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas E Lanctot
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Timothy A Dugan
Vice Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Susan A Willetts
Vice Chair & Immediate Past Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	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
Charles V Greener
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Diane vS Levy
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dorothy H Gardner
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ellis M Goodman
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Angela Korompilas
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Loucks
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Greg Smith
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane Irwin
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane S Park
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Janet Meakin Poor
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jennifer M Kasten
Board Member	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
John K Greene
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph P Gromacki
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory K Jones
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Harrison I Steans
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James W DeYoung
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Laura M Linger
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael J McMurray
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
Pam F Szokol
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert D Hevey Jr
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
Ryan S Ruskin
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sharon Brady
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Fradkin
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven J Gavin
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Keller Canmann
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Todd Kaplan
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Skilling
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William E Moeller
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William J Hagenah
Board Member	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
Michael J Busch
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gillian Growdon
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher Merrill
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George A Peinado
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lois L Morrison
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daren Serrao
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Leventry
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Robinson
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jonathan S Holloway
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Heidi B Capozzi
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory Moerschel
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew J Warzecha
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Arthur J Gibson
Board Member	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jean M Franczyk
President and Chief Executive Officer	40.0		Yes (X)	$411,130	$0	$36,297
Virginia Hotaling
Vice-President, Government Affairs	40.0		Yes (X)	$69,702	$0	$7,633
Gregory Mueller
Vice President, Science and Chief Scientist	40.0		Yes (X)	$186,902	$0	$21,623
Aida Giglio
Vice-President, Human Resources	40.0		Yes (X)	$196,331	$0	$22,173
Kris Jarantoski
Executive Vice President and Director	40.0		Yes (X)	$82,652	$0	$4,278
Jennifer Schwarz Ballard
Vice President, Education and Community Programs	40.0		Yes (X)	$133,799	$0	$18,927
Thomas J Nissly
Executive VP, Finance and Admin & CFO	40.0		Yes (X)	$263,435	$0	$31,008
James F Boudreau
Executive VP, Marketing and Development	40.0		Yes (X)	$216,095	$0	$23,254
Harriet Resnick
Vice President, Visitor Exp & Business Develop	40.0		Yes (X)	$166,220	$0	$20,881
Frederick R Spicer Jr
Executive VP & Director	40.0		Yes (X)	$213,546	$0	$21,502
Kayri Havens
Senior Director, Plant Science and Conservation	40.0			$133,606	$0	$18,953	Yes (X)
Patrick S Herendeen
Senior Director of Academic Partnerships	40.0			$124,850	$0	$18,703	Yes (X)
Stephen M Ball
Associate Vice President, Development	40.0			$130,296	$0	$18,798	Yes (X)
Andrew Bunting
Asst Dir of the Garden & Dir Plant Collection	40.0			$133,140	$0	$15,413	Yes (X)
Jennifer Stahl
Associate VP Finance and Information Systems	40.0			$124,788	$0	$15,242	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,586,492	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$294,685	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	20	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
Rough Brothers Inc
5513 Vine St	Cincinatti	OH	45217	Construction	$1,554,474
Excel Electric Inc
24 Sangmeister Rd	Frankfort	IL	60423	Electrical Services Contractor	$1,205,780
Turner Construction Co
55 E Monroe St Ste 1430	Chicago	IL	60603	Project Management	$614,555
FE Moran Inc
2265 Carlson Drive	Northbrook	IL	60062	Plumbing Services	$551,615
CR Leonard Plumbing & Heating Inc
2231 Oakleaf Street	Joliet	IL	60436	Plumbing and HVAC	$448,481

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	31	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$4,691,536	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$1,009,900	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$9,412,216	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$16,054,617	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,434,783	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$31,168,269	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Government Grants	900099	$6,710,158	$6,710,158
Education Programs	900099	$1,850,111	$1,850,111
Facilities Rentals	531390	$618,314		$618,314
Visitor Services	900099	$4,357,432	$2,544,476		$1,812,956
		$0	$0

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	$13,536,015	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,496,438	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,195	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,495,243	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	$21,647,000	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$18,285,779	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,361,221	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,360,026	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,360,026	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$319,116	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,009,900	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$561,642	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$242,526	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$242,526	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other Income	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$439,766	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$439,766	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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	$439,766	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$49,757,988	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,544,511	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$619,509	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$6,425,699	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,926,586	TotalAmt
Program Services	$783,119	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$978,944	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$164,523	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,498,959	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,233,444	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$746,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,519,015	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$306,350	TotalAmt
Program Services	$257,607	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,671	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,072	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,418,843	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,874,876	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$275,327	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$268,640	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,528,538	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,285,335	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$123,096	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$120,107	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$706,968	TotalAmt
Program Services	$434,969	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$132,209	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$139,790	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$387,898	TotalAmt
Management And General	$387,898	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$74,850	TotalAmt
Management And General	$74,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,768	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$90,768	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,886,402	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,085,067	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$715,223	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$86,112	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$572,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$561,877	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$10,183	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,855,676	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,152,813	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$370,649	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$332,214	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$223,076	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,024	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$177,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,107,590	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,107,590	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$682,912	TotalAmt
Program Services	$627,917	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,870	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,125	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$221,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$204,865	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,166	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,222	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,718,589	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,718,589	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,088,715	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,684,280	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$242,661	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$161,774	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$598,872	TotalAmt
Management And General	$598,872	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Repairs and Maintenance	$794,669	$783,768	$10,901
Miscellaneous	$65,474	$22,216	-$41,639	$84,897

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	$48,755,048	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,145,767	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,561,839	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,047,442	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$700,921	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,306,380	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,872,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,351,150	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,650,680	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,685,288	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,683,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,788,387	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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$288,644	BOYAmt
EOY	$394,140	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$229,009,929	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$103,276,807	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$118,148,248	BOYAmt
EOY	$125,733,122	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$57,592,555	BOYAmt
EOY	$67,703,697	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,024,241	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,579,395	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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	$242,961,271	BOYAmt
EOY	$252,541,559	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,316,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,409,025	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,096,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$961,886	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,462,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,489,424	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,529,531	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,507,493	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,405,738	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,367,828	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,814,841	BOYAmt
EOY	$130,605,366	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,360,198	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,593,160	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,380,494	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,975,205	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$184,555,533	BOYAmt
EOY	$195,173,731	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$242,961,271	BOYAmt
EOY	$252,541,559	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,002,940	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$8,562,836	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$1,052,422	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	$29,208,113	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$36,930,179	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,528,968	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$19,421,617	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$21,732,642	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$130,821,519	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$10,647,889	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13,642,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,539,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,592,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,412,216	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$52,834,508	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$39,856,002	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$50,572,852	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$33,068,566	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$29,013,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$31,144,858	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$183,656,027	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$5,353,595	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$178,302,432	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,562,934	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,600,662	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,804,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,355,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,495,243	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,819,171	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$288,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$343,064	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$290,774	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$300,667	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$439,764	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,662,658	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$194,137,856	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$52,126,000	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.9184	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9173	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 - 288389.0, COLUMN B - 343064.0, COLUMN C - 290774.0, COLUMN D - 300667.0, COLUMN E - 439764.0, COLUMN F - 1662658.0; DESCRIPTION - , COLUMN A - , COLUMN B - , COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - , COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 0;	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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	$70,813	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$68,076	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$138,889	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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$82,774,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,090,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4,656,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,082,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$89,438,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$68,772,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,544,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$10,364,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,906,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$82,774,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.56	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.3	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.14	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	$126,368,704	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$43,071,378	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$83,297,326	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$81,891,066	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$49,331,263	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,559,803	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,339,720	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,161,523	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,178,197	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$16,410,439	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,712,643	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,697,796	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$125,733,122	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Real Estate Funds	$1,031,424
Private Equity Funds	$2,272,375
Hedge Funds	$12,742,435
Fixed Income Commingled Fund	$6,673,264
Open-end Real Estate Fund	$8,859,897

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$31,579,395	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Annuity Payment Liability	$291,800
Derivative Instrument	$2,215,693

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$2,507,493	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 80 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 (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	Plants & seeds	$8,568
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT	$6,593,000
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Plant collections/Consulting/Rare books	$48,265
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Investments	PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT	$2,000

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	$6,651,833	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$6,651,833	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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 METHOD TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURES ON ORG'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: ACCRUAL EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: ACCRUAL EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND): ACCRUAL	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	SUMMER BENEFIT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$847,714	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$696,414	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$151,300	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$361,799	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	ALL ABOARD HOLIDAY PARTY	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$353,911	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$281,486	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$72,425	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$117,036	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	2	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$127,391	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$32,000	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$95,391	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$82,807	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,329,016	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,009,900	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$319,116	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$561,642	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$561,642	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$242,526	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

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	Yes (true)	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 (9 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	$411,130	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,180	$0	$12,117	$0	$447,427	$0	$0	$0
Gregory Mueller
Vice President, Science and Chief Scientist	$186,902	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,506	$0	$12,117	$0	$208,525	$0	$0	$0
Aida Giglio
Vice-President, Human Resources	$196,331	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,056	$0	$12,117	$0	$218,504	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Schwarz Ballard
Vice President, Education and Community Programs	$133,799	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,810	$0	$12,117	$0	$152,726	$0	$0	$0
Thomas J Nissly
Executive VP, Finance and Admin & CFO	$251,546	$0	$0	$0	$11,889	$0	$18,891	$0	$12,117	$0	$294,443	$0	$11,375	$0
James F Boudreau
Executive VP, Marketing and Development	$216,095	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,137	$0	$12,117	$0	$239,349	$0	$0	$0
Harriet Resnick
Vice President, Visitor Exp & Business Develop	$166,220	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,764	$0	$12,117	$0	$187,101	$0	$0	$0
Frederick R Spicer Jr
Executive VP & Director	$213,546	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,394	$0	$11,108	$0	$235,048	$0	$0	$0
Kayri Havens
Senior Director, Plant Science and Conservation	$133,606	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,836	$0	$12,117	$0	$152,559	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions

THE SPOUSES OF THE PRESIDENT AND ONE VICE PRESIDENT WERE PROVIDED TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR ONE INSTANCE INVOLVING A BONE FIDE BUSINESS TRAVEL PURPOSE. THE BENEFIT WAS TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

AN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVED A PAYMENT FROM A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 457 (f). TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE YEAR WERE $0. DISTRIBUTIONS OF AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED/ACCRUED IN A PRIOR YEAR ARE INCLUDED IN PART II. THE PRESIDENT/CEO, VICE PRESIDENTS, AND CERTAIN OTHER MANAGEMENT POSITIONS PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 457 (b). TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE YEAR WERE $87,182 AND ARE INCLUDED IN PART II.

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
Current Refunding	false	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefundingInd
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	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
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

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$13,175	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	62	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,438,076	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 TRAVEL, HOTEL, LEGAL	Desc
Contribution	20	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$983,532	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 TRAVEL, HOTEL, LEGAL NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS Books and publications - NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 5,211,057 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 2,544,476) VISITOR SERVICES: 1,111,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GARDEN IN 2017, 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.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 1,626,313 including grants of $) MEMBERSHIP REVENUE
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 166,915 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 439,766) OTHER INCOME, BUSINESS CODE: 900099
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ including grants of $)(Revenue $ 6,710,158) GOVERNMENT GRANTS
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 - 990339; NET INCOME FROM CONTROLLED AFFILIATED (FEIN: 36-3621163) REORTED ON SEPARATE FORM 990 - 62083;

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