CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (EIN 36-2167823)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-11
IRS object ID: 201801319349302205
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-11T10:34:05-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	420714325	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RSM US LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	362167823	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CHIC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3122943333	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	220 S Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606042559	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jeff Alexander	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3122943301	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
PTIN	P00052725	PTIN
Phone	3126343400	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	69.174.87.76	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-05-07	IPDt
IP Tm	11:09:41	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	D3B4F40EB17B5C37DBB46201F3745C857B73140C	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	9D75D889A1701CEC1102D9A6794E0DD88942743E	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Jeff Alexander	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	220 S Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606042559	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$192,917,877	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.cso.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1890	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To present classical music to Chicago, national and international audiences.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	131	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	130	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1238	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	900	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	-$199,870	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$287,651	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$30,408,215	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$23,567,693	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$31,110,071	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$30,137,785	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$15,616,556	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$25,489,934	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$500,303	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$488,322	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$77,635,145	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$79,683,734	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$789,575	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$83,082	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$47,200,785	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$46,596,214	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$546,907	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$498,090	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$3,902,136	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$31,365,101	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$32,492,232	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$79,902,368	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$79,669,618	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$2,267,223	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$14,116	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$488,120,040	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$499,889,304	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$241,159,533	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$232,617,343	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$246,960,507	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$267,271,961	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The central mission of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is to present classical music through the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Chicago, national and international audiences.The mission is supported by four mutually reinforcing elements:Artistic excellence: continued international preeminence in the field of orchestral excellenceAudience development: leading audience development initiativesEducation: superior education and community programsFinancial stability: fiscal responsibility for long-term stability	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$50,469,427	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$33,450	GrantAmt
Revenue	$24,396,156	RevenueAmt
Desc	Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerts -- During the 2016/17 season, the CSO performed 156 paid and free concert programs for over 300,000 patrons. The CSO premiered nine works and performed 18 for the first time. Tours included concerts in one domestic and seven foreign cities. The free Concert for Chicago led by Maestro Muti at the Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's South Side drew approximately 3,000 people. The CSO celebrated Sergei Prokofiev's birthday by featuring a wide selection of his orchestral works, and performed all of Brahms' symphonies. The orchestra performed one concert at Holy Name Cathedral, three at Wheaton College's Edman Memorial Chapel, and will perform 16 concerts at Ravinia Park as part of the annual summer residency.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$4,836,756	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,470,653	RevenueAmt
Desc	Symphony Center Presents Concerts -- The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association offers concerts by acclaimed guest artists in the fields of jazz, pop, world, and classical music under the auspices of Symphony Center Presents. Thirty-one concerts were presented during the season, with more than 75,000 tickets sold. These concerts featured established and emerging artistic leaders and musicians performing a wide variety of musical styles for diverse audiences. SCP programs include Orchestra, Chamber, and Piano music series, and Jazz at Symphony Center, which is one of the most comprehensive and acclaimed jazz series in the country.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,635,351	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$433,746	RevenueAmt
Desc	Education Concerts and Activities -- The Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents dozens of programs sharing music's transformative power with approximately 45,000 students and teachers, families, seniors, and underserved populations. The Institute engaged children from more than 170 Chicago Public Schools in 2016/17, and provided free tickets and transportation to concerts in schools, parks, and other community venues. A special Concert for Peace launched a new initiative led by Music Director Riccardo Muti and Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma that includes additional peace concerts and expanded songwriting projects for incarcerated youth.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (7 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	DescDesc	RevenueRevenueAmt	GrantGrantAmt
$121,138	Retail Sales - Music-related merchandise is available for purchase at The Symphony Store.
$257,996	Rentals and Commissions - A Club is available to donors for dining prior to CSO concerts.
$850,603	Rentals and Commissions - Performance space provided to Chicagoland arts organizations.	$767,225
$395,434	Rentals and Commissions - A restaurant and concessions are provided for audiences attending concerts.	$344,577
$158,057	Rentals and Commissions - Parking lot provided for audiences' convenience to attend concerts.	$477,500
$821,593	Media and Royalty - Radio Broadcast series, In-house recording label, audio recordings in compact disc and digital download formats.	$136,079
$2,157,510	Civic Orchestra Concerts -- Founded in 1919, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago has trained thousands of the nation's finest emerging professional musicians while presenting free concerts at Symphony Center and in schools and other neighborhood venues throughout Greater Chicago. The Civic offers world-class training in performance protocol under the guidance of Maestro Muti, Yo-Yo Ma, CSO musicians, guest conductors, and other artistic leaders from around the world. During the 2016/17 season, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago reached approximately 14,000 audience members. Approximately 90 young musicians (including alternates) participate in the Civic Orchestra each year.The Civic fellowship program - a curricular enhancement mentored by CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma - doubled in size from the previous year and now features 14 fellows representing all sections of the Orchestra. Fellows gained valuable real world experience teaching private lessons, group classes, side-by-side modeling and coaching students in grades K-12. This year Civic partnered with The People's Music School for the first time, allowing fellows to teach at three community locations in the Albany Park, Back of the Yards, and Uptown neighborhoods. Additionally, this new partnership will continue to support expanded teaching and learning opportunities on the city's South Side at the Gary Comer Youth Center and Lara Academy as part of the Initiative for a Move Peaceful Chicago. More than 1,000 Civic alumni are currently engaged in professional music positions, including positions with top orchestras, around the world. Over the years, more than 75 Civic alumni have become CSO members, and fifteen current CSO musicians are Civic alumni. The Civic Orchestra of Chicago is the only pre-professional orchestra of its type associated with a major American orchestra.	$111,849	$49,632

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$4,762,331	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$49,632	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$1,837,230	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$62,703,865	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	198	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1238	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	131	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	130	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Stacie M FrankVP and CFO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3122943301	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	220 S Michigan Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606042559	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (148 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
Jeff Alexander
President	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$504,260	$0	$31,043
Helen Zell
Chairman	1.90	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Louise Gorno
Vice Chairman	0.70	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert A Kohl
Vice Chairman	0.80	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Paul R Wiggin
Vice Chairman	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
W Robert Reum
Treasurer	0.10	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James W Mabie
Treasurer	0.80	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mrs Robert A Beatty
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marshall Bennett
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melvyn Bergstein
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Arnold M Berlin
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William G Brown
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dean L Buntrock
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert N Burt
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard W Colburn
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard H Cooper
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James S Crown
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anthony T Dean
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Debora de Hoyos
Life Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles Douglas
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John A Edwardson
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas J Eyerman
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James B Fadim
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David W Fox Sr
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard J Franke
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cyrus F Freidheim Jr
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
H Laurance Fuller
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs Robert W Galvin
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul C Gignilliat
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph B Glossberg
Life Trustee	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Goldstein
Life Trustee	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Howard L Gottlieb
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs Richard H Gottlieb
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chester A Gougis
Life Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Gray
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Winton Green
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dietrich Gross
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joan W Harris
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John H Hart
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas C Heagy
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jay L Henderson
Life Trustee	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs Roger B Hull
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judith W Istock
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William R Jentes
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul R Judy
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard B Kapnick
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Donald G Kempf Jr
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George D Kennedy
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs John C Kern
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Fred A Krehbiel
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles Ashby Lewis
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eva F Lichtenberg
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John S Lillard
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Donald G Lubin
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ling Z Markovitz
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
R Eden Martin
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Arthur C Martinez
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judith W McCue
Life Trustee	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lester H McKeever
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Newton N Minow
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John D Nichols
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James J O'Connor
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Osborn
Life Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs Albert Pawlick
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Life Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John M Pratt
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs Neil K Quinn
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John M Richman
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John W Rogers Jr
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jerry Rose
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frank A Rossi
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cynthia M Sargent
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John R Schmidt
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas C Sheffield Jr
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rita Simo
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott C Smith
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert C Spoerri
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carl W Stern
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roger W Stone
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William H Strong
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Louis C Sudler Jr
Life Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard L Thomas
Life Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard P Toft
Life Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Penny Van Horn
Life Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Aalbregtse
Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elisabeth Adams
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William Adams IV
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
M Cherif Bassiouni
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Randy Lamm Berlin
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Laurence O Booth
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kay Bucksbaum
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert J Buford
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Debra A Cafaro
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marion A Cameron
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory C Case
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Casper
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bruce E Clinton
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George P Colis
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Christoper I Culp
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy A Duffy
Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mimi Duginger
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brian W Duwe
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rajiv Fernando
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rick Fezell
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard C Godfrey
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas M Goldstein
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joyce T Green
Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David P Hackett
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lori Julian
Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph A Konen
Trustee	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Josef Lakonishok
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patty Lane
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark J Larson
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John F Manley
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Beth Mannino
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark G McGrath
Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David E McNeel
Trustee	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher Melvin
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sylvia Neil
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas F O'Toole
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gerald Pauling
Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jose Luis Prado
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Irwin Press
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Col Jennifer N Pritzker
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alexander I Rorke
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Burton X Rosenberg
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristen C Rossi
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Earl J Rusnak Jr
Trustee	0.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
E Scott Santi
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven E Shebik
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alejandro Silva
Trustee	0.40	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Walter Snodell
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Swanson
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nasrin Thierer
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Liisa Thomas
Trustee	0.60	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terrence J Truax
Trustee	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Von Hoene Jr
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frederick H Waddell
Trustee	0.70	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert A Wislow
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Isabelle Goossen
Assistant Treasurer (until 3/31/17)	40.00		Yes (X)	$245,643	$0	$16,273
Stacie M Frank
Assistant Treasurer (as of 4/11/17)	40.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Karen Lewis Alexander
VP for Development (until 1/6/17)	40.00		Yes (X)	$312,594	$0	$29,437
Karen Rahn
Secretary	40.00		Yes (X)	$68,239	$0	$15,005
Riccardo Muti
Music Director	40.00			$1,227,151	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Robert Chen
Concertmaster	40.00			$503,343	$0	$51,413	Yes (X)
John Sharp
Principal Cello	40.00			$303,802	$0	$60,858	Yes (X)
David Herbert
Principal Timpani	40.00			$288,585	$0	$49,739	Yes (X)
Stephen Williamson
Principal Clarinet	40.00			$314,568	$0	$47,538	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,768,185	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$301,306	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	137	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Riccardo Muti
220 S Michigan Avenue	Chicago	IL	606042559	Artist Performances	$1,489,337
Opus 3 Artists
470 Park Ave South 9th Floor North	New York	NY	10016	Artist Performances	$765,530
Travtours Incorporated
72171 Highway 111 Suite 202	Palm Desert	CA	92260	Travel Services	$761,716
DCM Inc
330 W 38th Street Suite 207	New York	NY	10018	Telemarking and Telefundraising	$743,882
Gemini Graphics Inc
860 West Lake Street	Roselle	IL	601722891	Printing Services	$621,327

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	37	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$1,527,259	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$259,630	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$21,780,804	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$4,026,589	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$23,567,693	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Ticket Sales	711190	$22,164,883	$22,164,883
Performance Fees	711190	$5,411,249	$5,411,249
Other Program Related Revenue	711190	$792,597	$742,597	$50,000
Facility Rental Revenue	711190	$767,225	$767,225
Parking Lot Rental Revenue	711190	$477,500		$477,500

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$524,331	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$91,541	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$127	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$432,663	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$30,137,785	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,655,238	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,655,238	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$335,050	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$506,699	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$171,649	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$171,649	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$171,649	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$132,804,232	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$111,951,006	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$18,530	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$20,853,226	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$18,530	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$20,834,696	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$84,314	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$20,919,010	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,091,665	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,527,259	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$597,948	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$493,717	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$493,717	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$326,214	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$159,960	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$166,254	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$110,288	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$55,966	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$79,683,734	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$29,287,783	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$199,870	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$27,028,128	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,082	TotalAmt
Program Services	$83,082	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,084,690	TotalAmt
Management And General	$887,939	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$196,751	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,768,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,898,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,305,805	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,563,356	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,556,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,418,193	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$80,709	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$57,947	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,968,692	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,008,201	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$620,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$339,638	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,217,913	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,811,126	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$274,325	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$132,462	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$112,962	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,083	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$85,879	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,341	TotalAmt
Management And General	$114,341	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,090	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$498,090	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,439,880	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,439,880	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,823,864	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,120,694	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$641,185	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61,985	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,408,484	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,076,855	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$207,127	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$124,502	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$901,668	TotalAmt
Program Services	$464,094	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$220,997	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$216,577	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$377,205	TotalAmt
Program Services	$194,150	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$92,452	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$90,603	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,533,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,057,539	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$212,461	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$263,789	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,921,814	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,825,372	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$49,606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,836	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,028	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,932	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,299	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,797	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,131,168	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,131,168	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,027,065	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,788,648	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$192,128	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,289	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$260,886	TotalAmt
Management And General	$260,886	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Credit Card Fees	$643,129	$575,887	$67,242
Music License Fees	$325,510	$325,510
Music & Instrument Rent	$314,829	$215,461		$99,368
Equipment Rental & Main	$312,681	$312,681

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$770,929	TotalAmt
Program Services	$442,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$140,209	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$188,272	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,669,618	TotalAmt
Program Services	$62,703,865	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,063,617	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,902,136	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,303,259	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,770,835	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,632,349	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,745,385	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,234,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,239,139	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$277,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$381,052	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$153,900	BOYAmt
EOY	$144,358	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,583,836	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,187,594	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$177,196,422	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$86,199,967	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$94,452,580	BOYAmt
EOY	$90,996,455	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$232,601,490	BOYAmt
EOY	$268,076,394	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$118,880,597	BOYAmt
EOY	$105,348,092	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$488,120,040	BOYAmt
EOY	$499,889,304	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,120,319	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,819,815	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,216,564	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,468,756	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,977,077	BOYAmt
EOY	$144,993,973	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$76,845,573	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,334,799	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$241,159,533	BOYAmt
EOY	$232,617,343	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,638,588	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,811,822	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,371,925	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,294,624	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$132,949,994	BOYAmt
EOY	$134,165,515	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$246,960,507	BOYAmt
EOY	$267,271,961	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$488,120,040	BOYAmt
EOY	$499,889,304	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$14,116	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$12,403,177	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$7,894,161	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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	$51,315,546	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$56,685,142	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$35,119,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$30,408,215	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$23,567,693	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$197,096,270	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$51,315,546	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$56,685,142	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$35,119,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$30,408,215	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$23,567,693	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$197,096,270	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$34,158,996	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$162,937,274	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,809,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,887,803	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,980,963	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,076,230	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,655,238	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24,409,908	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$221,506,178	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$161,398,396	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73560	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.75020	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$79,669,618	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$79,669,618	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$0	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$0	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$0	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$0	CurrentYearAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$287,993,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$812,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$30,436,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,455,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$304,786,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$303,606,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$9,411,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$11,389,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,635,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$287,993,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$305,453,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,867,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,862,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$12,576,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$303,606,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$261,662,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$16,536,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$43,839,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$16,564,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$20,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$305,453,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$233,705,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$13,015,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$26,251,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$11,288,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$21,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$261,662,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.48340	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.41480	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.10180	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,475,169	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$25,475,169	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$125,254,456	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$68,493,216	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$56,761,240	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$258,036	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$209,287	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$48,749	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$12,542,582	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$11,074,490	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,468,092	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$13,666,179	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,422,974	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,243,205	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$90,996,455	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Alternative investments - Absolute return	$31,723,008	F
Hedged equities	$37,819,906	F
Private equity	$16,476,518	F
Real assets	$11,594,505	F
Beneficial interest in trust and Other	$7,734,155	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$105,348,092	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Pension benefits	$46,558,895
Other long-term liabilities	$1,069,428
Interest rate swap contracts	$21,706,476

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$69,334,799	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$102,534,720	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$12,403,177	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,421,436	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$9,183,117	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$23,007,730	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$79,526,990	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,439,880	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$1,283,136	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$156,744	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$79,683,734	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$82,223,266	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,421,436	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$2,572,092	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$3,993,528	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$78,229,738	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,439,880	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,439,880	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$79,669,618	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4:	The Investment Committee, which oversees all the Corporation's investments, operates under investment and spending policies for endowment assets that attempt to provide a predictable stream of funding to programs, while seeking to maintain the purchasing power of the endowment assets. Under these policies, the endowment assets are invested in a manner that, over time, will meet the long-term objective of a 5% real return on assets. The Corporation's policy is to preserve the historical dollar value of permanently restricted contributions, and to use any of the investment returns as is prudent considering the Corporation's long- and short-term needs, resources, duration and preservation of donor-restricted endowment funds, donor restrictions, expected total return on its investments, price level trends, general economic conditions, and investment policies.
Part X, Line 2:	Income Taxes The Corporation is exempt from federal and state income taxes under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code unless it has income from unrelated business activities. The Corporation follows the standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this guidance, the Corporation may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of the Corporation, continued tax exempt status of bonds payable, and various positions related to the potential sources of unrelated business taxable income. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. At June 30, 2017 and 2016, there were no unrecognized tax benefits identified or recorded as liabilities. The Corporation files Form 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and the State of Illinois. The Corporation is generally no longer subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for years before the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Interest rate swap fair value adjustment 9,183,117.
Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:	Rental expenses (Part VIII, Line 6b) -506,699. Gain (loss) on sale of other assets (Part VIII, Line 7c(ii)) -18,530. Fundraising event expenses (Part VIII, Line 8b + Line 9b) -597,948. Cost of goods sold (Part VIII, Line 10b) -159,959.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Rental expenses (Part VIII, Line 6b) 506,699. (Gain) loss on sale of other assets (Part VIII, Line 7c(ii)) 18,530. Fundraising event expenses (Part VIII, Line 8b + Line 9b) 597,948. Cost of goods sold (Part VIII, Line 10b) 159,959. Change in pension plan assets and benefit obligations 1,288,956.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Central America and the Caribbean -	0	0	Investments	$59,439,232
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	4	Program Services	$3,730,358	The Chicago Symphony Orchestra traveled to Europe for an 11-concert tour, Jan. 13-27, 2017. The Orchestra performed in seven cities: Paris; Aalborg, Denmark; Hamburg, Baden-Baden, and Frankfort, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Milan, Italy. This trip marked the CSO's sixth European tour under Muti, and was the Orchestra's 33rd tour to Europe and the 60th international tour in its history.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	4	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$63,169,590	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$63,169,590	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (1)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (1)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 W 38th Street Suite 207	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10018	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Telefundraising Campaigns	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$1,445,932	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$498,090	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$947,842	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$1,445,932	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$498,090	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$947,842	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Symphony Ball	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,475,576	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$822,551	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$653,025	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$6,239	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$182,460	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$6,000	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$99,403	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Corporate Night	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$838,774	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$616,500	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$222,274	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$4,158	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$9,358	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$71,896	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$2,200	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$21,717	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	11	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$304,574	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$88,208	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$216,366	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	$11,652	NonCashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$98,039	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$5,700	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$79,126	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$2,618,924	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,527,259	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$1,091,665	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$15,810	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$15,597	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$352,395	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$13,900	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$200,246	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$597,948	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$493,717	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
DePaul University School of Music
804 W Belden Avenue	Chicago	IL	60614	362167048	501(c)(3)	$28,172	Civic Orchestra fellowships for five recipents.A select number of Civic Orchestra regular members receive up to a $7,500 fellowship, rather than a stipend, annually that is disbursed on an annual or semester basis directly to the academic institution they are attending. This is part of a cooperative agreement between the Civic Orchestra and area schools to provide two years of tuition-free graduate study. The academic institution covers the portion of the tuition that the $7,500 from the Civic Orchestra does not cover.
Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Avenue	Chicago	IL	60605	362167854	501(c)(3)	$1,773	Civic Orchestra fellowship for one recipient.A select number of Civic Orchestra regular members receive up to a $7,500 fellowship, rather than a stipend, annually that is disbursed on an annual or semester basis directly to the academic institution they are attending. This is part of a cooperative agreement between the Civic Orchestra and area schools to provide two years of tuition-free graduate study. The academic institution covers the portion of the tuition that the $7,500 from the Civic Orchestra does not cover.
Catholic Bishop of Chicago dba Holy Name Cathedral
730 N Wabash	Chicago	IL	60611	362171697	501(c)(3)	$33,450	The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti, performed Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on February 17, 2017 at Holy Name Cathedral. The Corporation provided approximately 500 general admission concert tickets at no charge to the Cathedral to be distributed to community partners and student groups at its discretion. The Corporation also donated a portion of the concert ticket revenue to support the Cathedral's faith formation, ministry of care and outreach programs.	500 tickets
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th Place	Chicago	IL	60620	362171123	501(c)(3)	$19,687	A "Concert for Peace", one of the CSO's Negaunee Music Institute programs, was performed on June 11, 2017 at St. Sabina Church as part of the CSO's ongoing effort to deepen its presence in communities across the south side of Chicago. The premise for the concert was built on the belief that art and music play a vital role in not only addressing, but helping to solve the serious issues that confront our society. The concert, which brought attention to local programs that can reduce violence in Chicago's streets, featured internationally acclaimed cellist and CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Sarah Ponder Brock, musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the St. Sabina Church ensemble, and vocalists from the Chicago Children's Choir. As publicized, the Corporation donated the net concert ticket revenue to St. Sabina's anti-violence and Strong Futures employment programs.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	4	Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The fellowship stipends are paid upon completion of responsibilities, attendance at rehearsals, performances, workshops, classes and coachings and remaining in good standing with the orchestra throughout the season as outlined in the Civic Policies and Procedures. Attendance and participation are monitored by the Orchestra Manager and Coordinator of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	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	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 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
Jeff Alexander
President	$492,138	$0	$0	$0	$12,122	$0	$10,600	$0	$20,443	$0	$535,303	$0	$0	$0
Isabelle Goossen
Assistant Treasurer (until 3/31/17)	$242,664	$0	$0	$0	$2,979	$0	$13,685	$0	$2,588	$0	$261,916	$0	$0	$0
Karen Lewis Alexander
VP for Development (until 1/6/17)	$311,211	$0	$0	$0	$1,383	$0	$10,726	$0	$18,711	$0	$342,031	$0	$0	$0
Riccardo Muti
Music Director	$1,227,151	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,227,151	$0	$0	$0
Robert Chen
Concertmaster	$502,907	$0	$0	$0	$436	$0	$15,965	$0	$35,448	$0	$554,756	$0	$0	$0
John Sharp
Principal Cello	$303,030	$0	$0	$0	$772	$0	$27,815	$0	$33,043	$0	$364,660	$0	$0	$0
David Herbert
Principal Timpani	$288,174	$0	$0	$0	$411	$0	$17,871	$0	$31,868	$0	$338,324	$0	$0	$0
Stephen Williamson
Principal Clarinet	$314,132	$0	$0	$0	$436	$0	$14,590	$0	$32,948	$0	$362,106	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1a	Charter travel is provided for all employees during certain foreign and domestic tours when deemed more economical.
Part I, Line 7	Annually, the Chairman of the Board reviews and approves any bonus payment for the President.

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	45200FGY9	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2008-05-29	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$83,015,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	See Part VI	PurposeDesc
Defeased	0	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	0	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Total Proceeds	$83,015,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Capitalized Interest	$620,000	CapitalizedInterestAmt
Refunding Escrow	$81,364,393	RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$722,487	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Credit Enhancement	$308,120	CreditEnhancementAmt
Substantial Completion	1997	SubstantialCompletionYr
Current Refunding	Yes (1)	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	0	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (1)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (1)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	0	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	0	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	Yes (1)	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	Yes (1)	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (1)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	0	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (1)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (1)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Date Rebate Computation Performed

Issuer Name: Illinois Finance Authority Date the Rebate Computation was Performed: 05/20/2013

Schedule K Supplental Information

Part I, Line A, Column (f): The Bonds were issued to (i) refinance a line of credit to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (the Symphony) from the Northern Trust Company (the Line of Credit) and pay or reimburse the Symphony for certain costs relating to the conversion of the interest rate mode (the Series 2002 Conversion) on the $80,650,000 original aggregate principal amount of the Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Series 2002 (the Series 2002 Bonds) and (ii) pay a portion of the interest on the Bonds and certain costs of issuance of the Bonds (including credit enhancement). The proceeds of the Line of Credit were used to finance a portion of the costs of (i) financing the mandatory purchase of the Series 2002 Bonds by the Symphony in connection with the Series 2002 Conversion, (ii) paying certain costs and expenses related to (a) the incurrence and maintenance of the Line of Credit, and (b) the Series 2002 Conversion, and (iii) paying accrued interest on the Line of Credit. The Series 2002 Bonds were issued on December 19, 2002 to refund all of the $77,900,000 original aggregate principal amount of the Illinois Development Finance Authority Variable/Fixed Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 1996 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Project) (the Series 1996 Bonds), (ii) pay a portion of interest on the Series 2002 Bonds, and (iii) pay a portion of costs of issuance (including bond insurance premium). The 1996 Bonds were issued on June 12, 1996 to (i) finance, refinance and reimburse the Symphony for certain costs relating to the renovation and expansion of Orchestra Hall and surrounding properties, (ii) pay a portion of interest on the Series 1996 Bonds, (iii) pay or reimburse the Symphony for a portion of the interest on the $50,000,000 Illinois Development Finance Authority Variable/Fixed Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 1994 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Project), and (iv) pay certain costs relating to letters of credit and costs of issuance.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	96	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,771,265	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV - Stock gifts	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (5 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Airfare miles	1	$200,000	Fair market value
Yes (X)	Cough drops	1	$28,124	Fair market value
Yes (X)	Wine sponsorship	1	$19,800	Fair market value
Yes (X)	Instruments	3	$5,600	Fair market value
Yes (X)	Gift bags	1	$1,800	Fair market value

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 32b:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Publicly traded securites are sold via a stock brokerage account held at the corporation's primary banking relationship.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2	Business Relationship 1: David P. Hackett, Beth Mannino Business Relationship 2: John W. Rogers, Jr., William A. Von Hoene, Jr. Business Relationship 3: James S. Crown, William A. Osborn Business Relationship 4: Susan Crown (relative of James S. Crown), Jay L. Henderson, E. Scott Santi Business Relationship 5: Timothy A. Duffy, Richard C. Godfrey Business Relationship 6: Debora de Hoyos, John R. Schmidt Business Relationship 7: Frederick A. Krehbiel, Donald G. Lubin Business Relationship 8: Susan Crown (relative of James S. Crown), Jay L. Henderson, Jose Luis Prado, Frederick H. Waddell Business Relationship 9: William Adams IV, Elisabeth Adams Business Relationship 10: Gerald L. Pauling II, Burton X. Rosenberg Business Relationship 11: Walter Carlson (spouse of Debora de Hoyos) Charles W. Douglas, R. Eden Martin, Newton N. Minow Family Relationship 1: William Adams IV, Elisabeth Adams
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	The members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (the "Corporation") are designated as Governing Members. Governing Members are elected from among persons who have demonstrated a significant interest in the CSO and who meet such additional criteria as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	Governing Members ratify the election of Governing Members and, at each Annual Meeting, the fully ratified Governing Members elect Regular and Life Trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	CSO staff prepares Form 990, and it is reviewed by our tax advisor. Staff and the tax advisor discuss and review the entire Form 990 and Form 990-T with members of the CSO Audit Committee, who review and accept it before it is filed as set forth in the Committee Authority and Responsibility section of the Audit Committee charter. At its Spring meeting, the Board of Trustees was reminded of the Audit Committee's responsibility to review and approve the annual tax returns. The 2016 Form 990 and Form 990-T were reviewed and approved at the April 24, 2018 meeting of the Audit Committee.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The CSO maintains a Conflict of Interest Policy that applies to all trustees, the Executive Committees of certain auxiliary operations operating under the CSO's bylaws, senior management and other designated staff members, and non-trustee members of Trustee committees. The Policy requires each person to whom the policy applies to complete an annual disclosure questionnaire that discloses any business or financial interest, which might reasonably be expected to give rise to a possible conflict between the interest of the CSO and the interest of such person. The Policy forbids such individuals from voting on or using their personal influence in connection with such business or financial issues. In the event the CSO does conduct business with a related party, the financial terms of those relationships are reported annually to the Audit Committee, whose members are independent per the terms of its charter. The CSO requires each non-union employee to conduct themselves in accordance with the code of Business Conduct and Ethics, approved by the Board of Trustees, and to sign an annual statement acknowledging their understanding of and compliance with the Code.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The process for determining the compensation of the President included a meeting on September 13, 2016, of the Human Resources Committee, which was comprised of six independent trustees and three non-trustees. The Committee reviewed the compensation arrangements and peer benchmark data based on size of budget and scope of management responsibility. Published compensation surveys for non-profit organizations were also reviewed. Recommendations were made to the Committee and accepted, and the deliberations of the Committee were documented in the minutes of the meeting. The process for determining the compensation of other officers or key employees included a meeting on September 13, 2016, of the Human Resources Committee, which was comprised of six independent trustees and three non-trustees. The Committee reviewed the compensation arrangements and peer benchmark data based on size of budget and scope of management responsibility. Published compensation surveys for non-profit organizations were also reviewed. Recommendations were made to the Committee and accepted, and the deliberations of the Committee were documented in the minutes of the meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request pursuant to the guidelines of section 6104(d).
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Guest Conductors, Artists and Composers: Program service expenses 6,901,312. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 3,128. Total expenses 6,904,440. Other Contracted Services: Program service expenses 1,219,382. Management and general expenses 641,185. Fundraising expenses 58,857. Total expenses 1,919,424.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Interest rate swap fair value adjustments 9,183,117. Changes in pension plan assets and benefit obligations -1,288,956.