Chicago Shakespeare Theater: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 36-3467607)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$16.0M
FY2021	$8.3M
FY2022	$17.2M
FY2023	$16.1M
FY2024	$13.1M
FY2025	$17.2M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$17.7M
FY2021	$9.1M
FY2022	$12.5M
FY2023	$18.4M
FY2024	$18.0M
FY2025	$22.4M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$38.1M
FY2021	$40.8M
FY2022	$42.1M
FY2023	$40.9M
FY2024	$37.8M
FY2025	$34.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1987.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

82%

12%

Program services 82% · $14.6M Management & general 12% · $2.2M Fundraising 5% · $972K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

67 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII

Barbara Gaines

Artistic Director

$460,046Pt VII · Sec A

Criss Henderson

Executive Director

$433,449Pt VII · Sec A

E Brooke Flanagan

Managing Dir. for Advancem

$219,514Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Boynton

Creative Producer

$161,591Pt VII · Sec A

Linda Orellana

Director of Finance, Secre

$131,653Pt VII · Sec A

Deborah Vandergrift

General Manager

$131,245Pt VII · Sec A

Marilyn Halperin

Dir of Edu. & Communicatio

$122,235Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher Plevin

Director of Production

$116,174Pt VII · Sec A

Edward Hall’s $423K as Artistic Director is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Barbara Gaines	—	$215,297	$362,257	$312,329	$302,353	$460,046
Criss Henderson	—	$358,193	$362,038	$299,217	$285,879	$433,449
Edward Hall	$423,129	$106,958	—	—	—	—
Kimberly Motes	$409,223	$83,059	—	—	—	—
Richard Boynton	$245,441	$185,733	$172,830	$147,183	$146,143	$161,591
E Brooke Flanagan	—	—	—	—	$163,858	$219,514
Emily Hansen	$186,850	—	—	—	—	—
Michael Ross	—	$178,644	—	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Produces bold Shakespearean plays, new theatrical works, and international performances on Chicago's Navy Pier to engage diverse audiences from all walks of life.

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1 program · $14.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019

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Chicago shakespeare theater's year-round season features as many as twenty productions and 650 performances, including plays, musicals, world premieres, multigenerational and community programming, and presentations from around the globe.

$14.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$16.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.9M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$529K

Money outPt IX

$17.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$14.6M

Managementcol C$2.2M

Fundraisingcol D$972K

Owns and owesPt X

$38.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M

Total assetsLn 16$54.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$16.0M

PeoplePt VI, VII

67

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a58

IndependentVI 1b56

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$506K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$50K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$529K

Other incomeLn 4–11$138K

Gains on assetsLn 7$31K

Total revenueLn 12$16.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$5.0M

SavingsLn 2$168K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$16.3M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25.7M

Other assetsLn 15$31K

Total assetsLn 16$54.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$16.0M

Net assetsLn 32$38.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5399

VolunteersI 62,635

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.5M	$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$16.3M	$16.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$26.8M	$25.7M
Total assetsLn 16	$57.8M	$54.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$17.8M	$16.0M
Net assetsLn 32	$40.0M	$38.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.7M	$1.7M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$6.1M	$4.5M	$980K	$617K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.1M	$918K	$121K	$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$581K	$478K	$63K	$40K
Legal feesLn 11b	$94K		$94K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$36K		$36K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$1.1M	$1.1M
Office expensesLn 13	$25K		$7K	$18K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.4M	$1.3M	$89K	$25K
TravelLn 17	$19K		$3K	$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$10K		$5K	$5K
InterestLn 20	$243K	$243K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.3M	$1.1M	$235K
InsuranceLn 23	$153K		$153K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3.7M	$3.2M	$395K	$168K
All other expensesLn 24e	$46K			$46K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$17.7M	$14.6M	$2.2M	$972K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$17.2M	$22.4M	−$5.2M	$34.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$13.1M	$18.0M	−$4.9M	$37.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$16.1M	$18.4M	−$2.3M	$40.9M	990 PDF
FY2022	$17.2M	$12.5M	$4.7M	$42.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$8.3M	$9.1M	−$869K	$40.8M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$16.0M	$17.7M	−$1.7M	$38.1M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $16,024,958 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,453,086$8,917,787

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,391,280$6,440,222

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $983,174$529,390

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $191,573$137,559

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $19,019,113$16,024,958

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $10,196,123$9,483,031

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,341,571$8,223,281

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,537,694$17,706,312

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$518,581−$1,681,354

Part VI · Governance 56 of 58 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body58

VI-1b Independent voting members56

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $16,024,958 across 13 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $190,282 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$49,813

VIII-1e Government grants$1,495,872

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,372,102

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$506,115

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,917,787

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,440,222$6,440,222

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $498,273$498,273

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $54$54

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$118,506−$118,506

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $31,117$31,117

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$62,234−$62,234

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $33,150 · Excluded from tax $94,813$127,963

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,440,222 · Unrelated business −$85,356 · Excluded from tax $752,305$16,024,958

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $17,706,312 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,714,907$1,714,907

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,514,652 · Management $979,869 · Fundraising $616,645$6,111,166

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $917,854 · Management $120,521 · Fundraising $37,867$1,076,242

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $477,682 · Management $62,784 · Fundraising $40,250$580,716

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $94,117$94,117

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $35,660$35,660

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,104,083$1,104,083

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $7,357 · Fundraising $17,862$25,219

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,325,769 · Management $89,242 · Fundraising $25,229$1,440,240

IX-17 TravelManagement $3,030 · Fundraising $15,791$18,821

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $5,239 · Fundraising $4,648$9,887

IX-20 InterestPrograms $243,057$243,057

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,084,173 · Management $234,573$1,318,746

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $152,801$152,801

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,172,022 · Management $395,341 · Fundraising $167,696$3,735,059

IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $45,591$45,591

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $14,554,199 · Management $2,180,534 · Fundraising $971,579$17,706,312

Part X · Balance sheet $54,121,369 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,165,235$4,995,486

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $296,530$167,707

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,013,706$6,337,208

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $774,370$84,672

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,459,185$487,243

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,780,732$25,716,312

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $16,315,240$16,301,642

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $31,099$31,099

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $57,836,097$54,121,369

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,345,298$973,358

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,005,739$936,790

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $11,885,730$11,910,693

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,565,292$2,196,730

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $17,802,059$16,017,571

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $27,118,918$25,419,112

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,915,120$12,684,686

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $40,034,038$38,103,798

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $57,836,097$54,121,369

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $38,103,798 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$16,024,958

XI-2 Total expenses$17,706,312

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,681,354

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$40,034,038

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$248,886

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$38,103,798

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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