CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY (EIN 36-2167004)
Tax period
2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed
2014-02-11
IRS object ID
201420439349300512
Schema version
2012v2.0
Source
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NameCheryl ObermeyerName
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Mission DescriptionThe Chicago Historical Society collects, exhibits, and interprets documents, images and artifacts related to the history of metropolitan Chicago and the United States. The mission is to expand audiences for history, be a leader in history education and a premier research institution.MissionDescription
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DescriptionEDUCATION AND AUDIENCE-The museum engages audiences as collaborators, storytellers, and supporters of history. The museum facilitates dialogue among the visitors. It organizes and presents school programs, along with more then 25 teacher workshops that assist with the development of curriculum for students. The institution pursues these areas through audience development and strives to encourage program participation with families, young adults, museum members and schools. The museum seeks to give context to the history for all audiences to better represent the people, places, events and experiences of Chicago. In FY13 the museum had 62,236 K-12 students, along with more than 200,000 patrons through museum visits, adult education programs, film screenings and public history tours of the City of Chicago. The education department hosted more than two dozen teacher open houses along with workshops and has created online resources on American history topics ranging from "the Civil in Chicago" to "Facing Freedom Challenges to Democracy" and "Sensing Chicago".Description

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DescriptionCOLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH The museum seeks to utilize and showcase the museum's premier collections, including our unparalleled collection of Abraham Lincoln materials. The institution seeks to discover the power of the original historical materials and to improve access and maximize the collections. It allows people to engage in making personal connections to history and the artifacts represented. It makes these materials available to the public through multiple platforms. The museum's 22 million collection items is a most treasured history collection. It includes the second largest Costume collection in the world, the Hedrich Blessing photography collection, a Betsy Ross flag, and the complete library of Studs Terkel interviews. Efforts are ongoing to photograph, digitize and catalogue the collection to make it more accessible to visitors, students, and researchers. The Research Center has served more than 8,000 patrons in FY13, onsite and inquiries utilized our online curriculum and online collections research capabilities.Description

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DescriptionEXHIBITS The key component of an exhibit is communicating Chicago's stories to our visitors. To provide stories in multiple languages in the exhibition text panels along with photos, videos and the historic artifacts. These enable the visitor to explore the concepts of history. The exhibits are designed, fabricated and installed so that our audience is interpreting and interacting in history. In addition to ongoing permanent exhibtions such as "Chicago: Crossroads of America" and "Lincoln's Chicago". The history museum presents topical exhibtions that focus on the stories of Chicago's many diverse communities. FY2013 exhibitions included "50 Years of Ebony-Fashion Fair", "Unexpected Chicago", "Vivian Maier's Chicago" and "Shalom Chicago".Description
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Reconcilation Invest Expenses691496ReconcilationInvestExpenses
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years4301312CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years3079373CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year5126705CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year5072726CurrentTaxYear
Total21510862Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2015402CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1846851CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1783092CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1734746CurrentTaxYear
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Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
Total0Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years5957516CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years6316714CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years4926224CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year6909797CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year6807472CurrentTaxYear
Total30917723Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total1AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total17030917722PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years1216625CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years966649CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1006286CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year831442CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year498834CurrentTaxYear
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
Total0Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years373290CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year609929CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year591966CurrentTaxYear
Total1575185Total
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Total Support37012744TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1700.83533PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.82454PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
General ExplanationOther income is from café services, collections, museum store and other.GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Held Works Of Art Amts HeldWorksOfArtAmts

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included0RevenuesIncluded
Assets In Part X0AssetsInPartX
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public ExhibitionXCollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Scholar ResearchXCollectUsedForScholarResearch
Collect Used For PreservationXCollectUsedForPreservation
Collect Used For Loan Or Exch PrgrmsXCollectUsedForLoanOrExchPrgrms

Collection Used For Other CollectionUsedForOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used For Other PurposesXCollectionUsedForOtherPurposes
Description Of Other PurposesEducationDescriptionOfOtherPurposes
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets For Sale0SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributions100000Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses678609InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures356444OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance7740228EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

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Beginning Of Year Balance7492373BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions350000Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses-136741InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures387469OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
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Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

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Beginning Of Year Balance6967021BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions0Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses992796InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
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Contributions0Contributions
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis1OtherCostOrOtherBasis
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Depreciation5813897Depreciation
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Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Financial Derivatives FinancialDerivatives

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Other Securities OtherSecurities (2 entries)

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Private equity limited partnerships3691664F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities75207536TotalOfBookValueSecurities
Federal Income Tax Liability0FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionInterest rate swap agreementDescription
Amount$9,500,806Amount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts9500806TotalOfAmounts
Footnote In Part XIIIXFootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt14665965TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
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Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities0DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants0RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues0OtherRevenues
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Revenue Subtotal14665965RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included0InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included0OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99014665965TotalRevenuePerForm990
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Prior Year Adjustments0PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported0LossesReported
Other Expenses Included0OtherExpensesIncluded
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Investment Expenses Not Included20InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included0OtherExpensesNotIncluded
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Total Expenses Per Form99015287529TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchD_P03_S00_L01Schedule D, Part III, Line 1The Chicago Historical Society's permanent collection, which were acquired through purchases and contributions from benefactors since the inception are not recognized as assets on the statement of financial position. Purchases of collection items are recorded as decreases in unrestricted net assets in the year in which items are acquired or as temporarily or permanently restricted net assets if the net assets used to purchase the items are restricted by donors. Contributions collections items are not reflected in the financial statements. Proceeds from deaccessions or insurance recoveries are reflected as increases in the appropriate net assets classes. The Chicago Historical Society's collections are made up of artifacts of historical significance and art objects that are held for educational, research, and historical purposes. The items are cataloged, preserved and cared for, and activities verifying their existence and assessing their condition are routinely performed.
SchD_P03_S00_L04Schedule D, Part III, Line 4The Chicago Historical Society collects, exhibits and interprets documents, images and artifacts related to the history of metropolitan Chicago and the United States. The mission is to expand audiences for history, be a leader in history education and a premier research institution.
SchD_P05_S00_L04Schedule D, Part V, Line 4To provide a predictable stream of funding to the programs supported by its endowment while seeking to maintain the purchasing power of the endowment assets.
SchD_P10_S00_L02Schedule D, Part X, Line 2Fin 48-The Chicago Historical Society is exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501 (c) (3). The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Chicago Historical Society's financial statement.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1Making History AwardsNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1690000GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1552000CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1138000GrossRevenueEvent1
Cash Prizes Event10CashPrizesEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event10NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event10RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event155614FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event10EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event169576OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Food And Beverage Other Events0FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Entertainment Other Events0EntertainmentOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total690000GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total552000CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events138000GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Cash Prizes Total Events0CashPrizesTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events0NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events0RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events55614FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events0EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events69576OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events125190DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary12810NetIncomeSummary

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

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Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsXForm990OfOtherOrganizations
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org0CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs0CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (3 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Gary T Johnson
President303971025000010000000191280358099000
Russell L Lewis
Executive Vice President176070000770400000183774000
Cheryl Obermeyer
Vice President of Finance122656000516200068800134698000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchJ_P01_S00_L03Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule J, Part I, Line 3ReturnReference
ExplanationThe Board of Trustees use a many resources to access compensation.Explanation

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Illinois Finance AuthorityBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Issuer EIN861091967IssuerEIN
CUSIP Number45200Bxs2CUSIPNumber
Date Issued2006-02-09DateIssued
Issue Price50975000IssuePrice
Description Of Purposecapital constructionDescriptionOfPurpose
Defeased0Defeased
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuer
Pool Financing0PoolFinancing

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

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Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Amount Retired0AmountRetired
Amount Bond Defeased0AmountBondDefeased
Total Proceeds50975000TotalProceeds
Amount In Reserve Fund0AmountInReserveFund
Capitalized Interest0CapitalizedInterest
Refunding Escrow0RefundingEscrow
Issuance Costs From Proceeds498494IssuanceCostsFromProceeds
Credit Enhancement0CreditEnhancement
Working Capital Expenditures50576506WorkingCapitalExpenditures
Capital Expenditures50975000CapitalExpenditures
Other Spent Proceeds0OtherSpentProceeds
Amount Unspent0AmountUnspent
Year Of Subst Completion2006YearOfSubstCompletion
Current Refunding1CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding0AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made1FinalAllocationMade
Adequate Books And Recds Maintaind1AdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property0OwningBondFinancedProperty
Any Lease Arrangements0AnyLeaseArrangements
Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd Prprty0MngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty
Any Research Agreements0AnyResearchAgreements
Prcntge Prvt Business Use By Others0PrcntgePrvtBusinessUseByOthers
Percentage Of Prvt Business Re UBI0PercentageOfPrvtBusinessReUBI
Total Private Business Use0TotalPrivateBusinessUse
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Security Pay Test1BondIssMeetPrvtSecurityPayTest
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop0ChangeInUseBondFinancedProp
Non Qualified Bond Remed Procdrs1NonQualifiedBondRemedProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed1Form8038TFiled
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Gross Proceeds Invested0GrossProceedsInvested
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs1WrittenProcToMonitorReqs

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Art Historical Treasures ArtHistoricalTreasures

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Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions84NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F9900NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues0MethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of8283 Received0NumberOf8283Received
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Review Process Unusual NC Gifts1ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
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Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchM_P01_S00_L33Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule M, Part I, Line 33ReturnReference
ExplanationThe Chicago Historical Society reports a zero amount on the form 990, Part VIII, line g because it did not capitalize its collection as allowed under SFAS 116.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L02Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2There are trustees who do have a family member on the Board. However, the act independtly and each trustees does submit an annual conflict of interest statement. There have been no reports of a conflict in their role on the Board of Trustees. The Board members with a family relationship are a father/son, Daniel S Jaffe and Richard M Jaffee.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe completed 990 and the supporting schedules were provided and distributed to members of the Finance and Audit Committee for review and approval. The 990 was distributed to the Board of Trustees. Each trustee was requested to review the material. All comments were directed to the Vice President of Finance.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cThe Code of Ethics and Whistle Blower policy are provided to all trustees, employees, volunteers on an annual basis. They are asked to read and review materials. The Whistler Blower policy accepts complaints from all sources. It provides that there are no harassment, retaliation, or adverse employment consequences for an employee who in good faith reports a violation. The policies are located on the museums intranet site.
F990_P06_S0B_L15Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15The Board of Trustees is responsible for the annual review of compensation of officers of the organization. The Board members are independent. The Board evaluates performance on many components, including goals, comparable market data and then document their decision and recommendations. A similar process is completed for key employees with the President's review of individuals performance evaluation as an additional criteria related to compensation.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The Chicago Historical Society's audited financial statements, recognition of exemption and governing documents are made available upon request. The annual report(s) are available on the museum's website to the general public. The conflict of interest is available on the museum's intranet or upon request.
F990_P11_S00_L09Form 990, Part XI, Line 9Interest rate swap agreement $4,849,510, Change in split rate interest agreement ($5,431)

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