The Chicago Community Trust
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167000 · Philanthropy and grantmaking · Rank 286 by total revenue
The Chicago Community Trust and The Chicago Community Foundation (the Trust) bring together donors, nonprofits, civic and business leaders, and community members to improve the lives of people in metropolitan Chicago and beyond. We work in partnership to meet our neighbors' urgent needs, address longer-term regional challenges, and help individuals and families make their greatest charitable impact.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $2,143,553,763
- Total expenses
- $1,269,380,379
- Total assets
- $7,126,827,178
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $13,369,486
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $16,209,764
- Employees
- 150
- Salary base per employee
- $89,130
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (23)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Saenz | President & CEO | Officer | 38 | $685,048 |
| Jessica Strausbaugh | Chief Financial Officer (until 3/25) | Officer | 38 | $383,487 |
| Amy Pena | Gen. Counsel & Secy. (until 6/25) | Officer | 38 | $277,931 |
| Bryan Traubert | Director & Chair | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Gretchen Wolf | Gen. Counsel & Secy. (as of 9/25) | Officer | 38 | None reported |
| Sylvia Garcia | Chief Operating Officer | Key employee | 40 | $351,122 |
| Laura Kernaghan | Sr. Director of Investments | Key employee | 39 | $175,876 |
| Anne Ladky | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Brett Hart | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Connie Lindsey | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Ethan Meers | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Gretchen Crosby Sims | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Heather Steans | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| James Reynolds | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jesse Ruiz | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Lou Nieto | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Margaret Stineman | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Martin Cabrera Jr | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Omar Duque | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Renetta McCann | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Sandra Cordova Micek | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Steven Koch | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Terry Peterson | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $3,400,759, which is 25.4% of the $13,369,486 salary base shared by 150 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Saenz | President & CEO | Officer | 38 | $623,862 | $0 | $61,186 | $685,048 |
| Jessica Strausbaugh | Chief Financial Officer (until 3/25) | Officer | 38 | $326,218 | $0 | $57,269 | $383,487 |
| Sylvia Garcia | Chief Operating Officer | Key employee | 40 | $325,903 | $0 | $25,219 | $351,122 |
| Sheila Cawley | Chief Philanthropy Officer | Highly paid employee | 38 | $306,215 | $0 | $32,741 | $338,956 |
| Clothilde A Ewing | VP Strategic Communications | Highly paid employee | 40 | $269,293 | $0 | $55,058 | $324,351 |
| Lisa Jericho | VP Innovation & Technology | Highly paid employee | 40 | $263,265 | $0 | $54,747 | $318,012 |
| Marisa Novara | VP Community Impact | Highly paid employee | 40 | $266,816 | $0 | $23,634 | $290,450 |
| Amy Pena | Gen. Counsel & Secy. (until 6/25) | Officer | 38 | $243,747 | $0 | $34,184 | $277,931 |
| Wendell Williams | Associate VP Talent & Admin | Highly paid employee | 40 | $224,240 | $0 | $31,286 | $255,526 |
| Laura Kernaghan | Sr. Director of Investments | Key employee | 39 | $162,260 | $0 | $13,616 | $175,876 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202632239349302058 (Form 990, period ending 2025-09-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-2167000
- Organization website (as filed): www.cct.org