CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (EIN 36-3480353)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-06-28
IRS object ID: 201141799349300919
Schema version: 2010v3.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp	2011-06-28T14:59:36-04:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1	Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP	BusinessNameLine1

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	205 N Michigan Ave 28th Floor	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	606015927	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN	363480353	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Chicago Public Library Foundation	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CHIC	NameControl
Phone	3122019830	Phone

US Address USAddress

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City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60602	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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Name	RHONA FRAZIN	Name
Title	President and CEO	Title
Date Signed	2011-06-27	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Troy E Marine CPA	Name
Phone	3127298000	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission Description	Enriching resources, technology and programs at Chicago Public Library's 79 branches.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission Description	To provide private resources for the collections, programs and technology that connect all Chicagoans to lifelong learning opportunities at the Chicago Public Library.	MissionDescription
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Description	Help children build academic success and a love of reading through family summer reading program, festival of children's books, teen reading, early literacy, great kids read, nature connections and teachers in the library. Over 150,000 benefited.	Description

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Description	Provide funding for public access to information resources and technology, including cybernavigators, as well as marketing and evaluation initiatives to keep the Chicago Public Library relevant to the lives of all Chicagoans. Over 4 million benefited.	Description

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Description	Expand Library collections and create opportunities to discuss books and ideas through programs such as one book, one Chicago and Chicago book festival. Over 100,000 benefited.	Description

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City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60602	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (51 entries)

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Trisha Rooney Alden
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Lyn Andress
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Caroline Ballatine
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Sherry Barrat
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
John L Brennan
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Michael W Brennan
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Deborah A Bricker
Vice Chair	2.0	X	0	0	0
Calvin G Butler Jr
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Marcy R Carlin
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Michelle L Collins
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Frances Comer
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
James R Donnelley
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Paul H Dykstra
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Sondra B Epstein
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Linda Hefner
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
David F Heroy
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Daniel C Hill
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Leslie S Hindman
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Joanne Chun Hughes
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
William V Krehbiel
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
John D LaSage
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Donna LaPietra
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
James H Lowry
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Miles W McHugh
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Michael Osanloo
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Kay Levi Pick
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Stephan Platcow
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Cindy Pritzker
Chairman Emeritus	1.0	X	0	0	0	X
Gregory Purcell
Treasurer	2.0	X	0	0	0	X
John Rau
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
A Kelly Ryan
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Bruce Sagan
Secretary	2.0	X	0	0	0	X
Rodd Schreiber
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Charlie A Schrock
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Maureen Dwyer Smith
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Linda J Stephans
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Jayne Carr Thompson
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Dia S Weil
Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Robert A Wislow
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Frances R Dittmer
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Leslie S Douglass
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
James F Feldstein
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Marshall Field
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Stanley M Freehling
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
J Ira Harris
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Frank A Rossi
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Ella D Strubel
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Audrey Bables Tuggle
Life Director	1.0	X	0	0	0
Rhona Frazin
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Patricia Siebert
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

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Insurance Insurance

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EOY	8641882	EOY

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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Current Tax Year	5743438	CurrentTaxYear
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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3490076	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3813831	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5743438	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19326192	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	19326192	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	364185	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	357013	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	347717	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	302731	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	279184	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1650830	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	68068	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	152804	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9438	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	4448	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1424	CurrentTaxYear
Total	236182	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	21213204	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.91104	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.78450	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Loan Or Exch Prgrms	X	CollectUsedForLoanOrExchPrgrms
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	12178023	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	7818	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	418111	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	496230	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	12107722	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	12137705	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	216081	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	304230	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	479993	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	12178023	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	11300223	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	976571	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-114089	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	25000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	12137705	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.29000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.71000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Land		Land
Buildings		Buildings
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovements

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability
Total Of Amounts	0	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	6484004	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	4757256	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	1726748	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	2451202	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	2451202	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	4177950	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	9148818	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	2451202	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	266796	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	2717998	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	6430820	RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included	53184	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	53184	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	6484004	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4970868	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	266796	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	266796	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	4704072	ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included	53184	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	53184	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	4757256	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation	Return ReferenceReturnReference
Form 990, Schedule D, Part III, Line 1a and Line 4:	The Foundation has adopted a policy of capitalizing collections at a nominal value in its financial statements. Although the financial statements do not disclose the cumulative value of collections, certain artwork received in 1991 as an unrestricted donation has been cataloged and preserved. Since 2003 the artwork has been displayed, on a permanent loan, in the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for music and dance. The theater carries a $2 million insurance policy on this artwork.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4:	The Foundation adopted a spending policy directed at meeting current operational budget requirements. The Foundation's policy has been to expend 4.5% of a four-year rolling average of the market value of the foundation's investments as of each December 31, as audited. Endowment yields that are in excess of the spending policy are returned to the endowment and reinvested. However, if endowment yields are not sufficient to support the spending policy, the balance is provided from realized capital gains. The difference between the actual yield on endowment investments and the spending rate is reported as a nonoperating excess or deficit.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2:	In accordance with the accounting standard on Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, the Foundation addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the Financial Statements. Under this guidance, the foundation 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 merit of the position. Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of the foundation and various position related to the potential sources of unrelated business taxable income. There were no unrecognized tax benefits identified or record as liabilities during fiscal year 2010. Open tax years subject to examination by the U.S. and state taxing authorities are for the years 2007 to 2009, which statutes expire in 2010 to 2012, respectively.	FIN 48
Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b:	Investment income reported net of investment management fees: $53,184	Reconciliation of Revenue
Schedule D, Part XIII, Line 4b:	Investment Income reported net of investment management fees: $53,184	Reconciliation of Expenses

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation (2 entries)

Name Of IndividualNameOfIndividual	Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	ActivityActivity	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFunds	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceipts	Amount Retained By ContractorAmountRetainedByContractor
Five Grain Event Joan Cinquegrani	Fullerton Kedzie	Chicago	IL	60647	CSLA	false	322985	9719
Rebecca Spence					CSLA	false	683068	20554

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	1006053	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	30273	TotalRetainedByContractors
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStates

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	CSLA	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	1006053	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	908553	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	97500	GrossRevenueEvent1
Cash Prizes Event1	12500	CashPrizesEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	97447	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	1000	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	90511	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Total Number Of Other Events	0	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	1006053	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	908553	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	97500	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Cash Prizes Total Events	12500	CashPrizesTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	97447	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	1000	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	90511	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	201458	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-103958	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Rhona Frazin	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	185400	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org	18540	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	13017	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	216957	TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs	0	TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
12 N Venture LLC
% owned by Robert Wislow	26899	Rent & maintenance work orders	false
US Equities Asset Management LLC
% owned by Robert Wislow	118431	CPL-YOUMedia security services	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part III, Line 3:	In 2010, the Foundation and the Chicago Public Library signed an agreement with Advanced Resources to "Manage payroll for the current CPLF-supported workforce at various CPL site locations, transitioning selected 1099 Independent Contractors to ADVANCED W2 employees and thereby becoming the "Employer of Record".
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1b:	The Executive Committee shall consist of the President of the Chicago Public Library Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the corporation (who shall chair the Executive Committee, the Vice-Chairs, the chairpersons of the Governance Committee, Finance and Audit Committee and Investment Committee and such other member or members of the corporation appointed by the Chairperson." All Executive Committe members are on the governing body. The Executive Committee "...shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a:	Candidates for members of the Board of Directors and to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be nominated by the Governance Committee. Additional nominations may be made by any member of the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b:	A copy of Form 990 is distributed to each member of the board of directors electronically before it is filed. Board members review and comment on the return. The return is filed after review from the board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c:	The Foundation requires directors and key employees to fill out an annual questionnaire to ensure there are no conflicts of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a:	Executive compensation is determined by a compensation committee and approved by the board of directors using comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 19:	Governing documents and financial statements will be provided upon request.