Filter Photo Nfp: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 46-2070232)

Erin Hoyt’s $45K as Executive Director is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Erin Hoyt	$44,673	$35,338	$22,710	$22,710	$21,571	$20,400
Jennifer Murray	—	$4,015	$36,414	$36,414	$34,837	$35,700

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

Programs and updates

Supports photographic communities and highlights Chicago as a national photography hub through festivals and exhibitions.

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2 programs · $144K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Filter Photo Festival

Filter photo hosts the annual filter photo festival each fall. The festival includes programming both free and paid including portfolio reviews, workshops, artist talks and exhibition receptions

$140Kprogram expense

02

Call for Entries

Filter photo opens call for entries where artists pay a small fee to submit their work to be juried into group exhibitions.

$5Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$17K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$13K

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationFY2024$8K

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$45K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$243K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$125K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$118K

Investment incomeLn 3$1

Money outPt IX

$234K

Ln 25

Programscol B$144K

Managementcol C$84K

Fundraisingcol D$6K

Owns and owesPt X

$62K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K

Total assetsLn 16$62K

LiabilitiesLn 26$340

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$125K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$118K

Investment incomeLn 3$1

Total revenueLn 12$243K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$42K

SavingsLn 2$20K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$62K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0

Total assetsLn 16$62K

LiabilitiesLn 26$340

Net assetsLn 32$62K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 55

VolunteersI 69

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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 FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$53K	$62K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$53K	$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$340
Net assetsLn 32	$53K	$62K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$47K	$29K	$18K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$51K	$31K	$20K
Legal feesLn 11b	$37		$37
Accounting feesLn 11c	$2K		$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$11K	$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K	$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$2K		$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$4K	$3K	$1K
OccupancyLn 16	$27K		$27K
TravelLn 17	$11K	$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$26K	$26K
InsuranceLn 23	$3K		$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$39K	$26K	$7K	$6K
All other expensesLn 24e	$10K	$5K	$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$234K	$144K	$84K	$6K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$243K	$234K	$9K	$62K	990 PDF
FY2024	$224K	$216K	$8K	$53K	990 PDF
FY2023	$176K			$45K	990 PDF
FY2022	$176K			$65K	990 PDF
FY2021	$165K			$85K	990 PDF
FY2020	$155K			$88K	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $243,049 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $137,958$124,850

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $86,096$118,198

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$1

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $224,054$243,049

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 $86,495$97,399

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $129,872$136,919

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $216,367$234,318

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,687$8,731

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

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

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $243,049 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$9,988

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$114,862

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$124,850

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $118,198$118,198

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1$1

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $118,198 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1$243,049

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $234,318 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,804 · Management $17,869$46,673

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $30,831 · Management $19,895$50,726

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $37$37

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,803$1,803

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,699$10,699

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,118$3,118

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,517$1,517

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,591 · Management $1,396$3,987

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $27,188$27,188

IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,297$11,297

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $25,948$25,948

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,049$3,049

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $25,647 · Management $7,245 · Fundraising $5,692$38,584

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,363 · Management $4,329$9,692

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $144,298 · Management $84,328 · Fundraising $5,692$234,318

Part X · Balance sheet $62,058 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $32,807$41,876

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $20,180$20,182

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $52,987$62,058

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$340

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$340

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $52,987$61,718

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $52,987$61,718

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $52,987$62,058

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $61,718 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$243,049

XI-2 Total expenses$234,318

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,731

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$52,987

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$61,718

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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