Chicago Ballet Arts FY2021 filing

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Evanston, IL501(c)(3)HousingEIN 36-4020901Revenue $320K in FY2021

On file with the IRSchicagoballetarts.org915 Foster Street, 60201-7010 · Evanston, ILTax-exempt since Jun 1996Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Community outreach and classical Ballet program

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $188
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$22K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$320K
Spent
$308K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$302K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$320K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$320K
FY2022$369K
FY2023$370K
FY2024$419K
FY2025$416K
Expenses
$308K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$308K
FY2022$360K
FY2023$373K
FY2024$391K
FY2025$439K
Net assets
$302K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$302K
FY2022$298K
FY2023$299K
FY2024$371K
FY2025$372K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending July 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1996.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $245K Management & general 20% · $62K Fundraising 0% · $48

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patti Eylar’s $9K as Vice President is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 851 $100K–1M housing 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Patti Eylar$9,259$9,187$8,170

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers community outreach and classical ballet programs.

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2 programs · $245K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Chicago ballet arts provides low cost professional training in classical ballet and other dance styles for ages two through adult and mounts a fully produced annual concert featuring about 100 students.

$245Kprogram expense
02

Chicago ballet arts provides the community with 3 professional-grade, inclusive studio spaces available seven days a week for use by both chicago ballet arts and its programs as well as community members engaged in arts education.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$188

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$320K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$224K
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35K
Money outPt IX
$308K
Ln 25
Programscol B$245K
Managementcol C$62K
Fundraisingcol D$48
Owns and owesPt X
$302K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16K
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35K
Government grantsLn 1e$22K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$224K
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20
Gains on assetsLn 7$58K
Total revenueLn 12$320K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
SavingsLn 2$6K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$16K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$291K
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
Net assetsLn 32$302K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 528
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$81K$16K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$210K$291K
Total assetsLn 16$293K$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$22K
Net assetsLn 32$272K$302K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$173K$133K$40K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$11K$3K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$599$0$599$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$3K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$0$48
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$119$119$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$92K$83K$9K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K$125$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18K$9K$9K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$308K$245K$62K$48

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $416K$439K−$23K$372K 990 PDF
FY2024 $419K$391K$28K$371K 990 PDF
FY2023 $370K$373K−$3K$299K 990 PDF
FY2022 $369K$360K$10K$298K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $320K$308K$13K$302K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $320,433 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,106$34,682
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $124,802$224,126
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,836$61,605
I-11 Other revenue$20
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $130,744$320,433
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $122,246$187,197
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $48,145$120,336
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $170,391$307,533
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$39,647$12,900
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $320,433 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $20 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$21,710
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,972
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,423
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$34,682
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $224,126 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$224,126
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,611 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,611
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $57,994 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$57,994
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $285,751 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$320,433
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $307,533 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $133,106 · Management $40,000$173,106
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,031 · Management $3,060 · Fundraising $0$14,091
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $599 · Fundraising $0$599
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,755 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,755
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,017 · Management $0 · Fundraising $48$1,065
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,361 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,361
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $119 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$119
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $82,841 · Management $9,205 · Fundraising $0$92,046
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,126 · Management $125 · Fundraising $0$1,251
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,761 · Management $9,379 · Fundraising $0$18,140
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $245,117 · Management $62,368 · Fundraising $48$307,533
Part X · Balance sheet $323,880 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $14,327$9,715
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $66,404$6,095
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,500$659
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$1,340
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$7,749
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $210,145$290,573
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$7,749
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $293,376$323,880
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$291
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $21,710$21,800
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,710$22,091
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $293,376$322,214
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year −$21,710−$20,425
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $271,666$301,789
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $293,376$323,880
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $301,789 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$320,433
XI-2 Total expenses$307,533
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$12,900
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$271,666
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$17,223
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$301,789

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