The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167725 · Education · Rank 1,439 by total revenue
The art institute of chicago, a not-for-profit corporation, is both a museum and an institution of higher education that exists to provide appreciation and education in visual fine arts and design.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $464,393,130
- Total expenses
- $381,917,394
- Total assets
- $2,194,246,798
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $124,610,610
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $163,341,870
- Employees
- 3,643
- Salary base per employee
- $34,205
"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 (78)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Rondeau | PRESIDENT, MUSEUM | Officer | 40 | $1,163,144 |
| Elissa Tenny | PRESIDENT, SAIC ENDED 07/2024 | Officer | 40 | $816,821 |
| Alexandra Holt | EVP FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN | Officer | 40 | $566,257 |
| Leslie Darling | EVP, GENERAL CSL & SECRETARY | Officer | 40 | $467,790 |
| Jiseon Lee Isbara | PRESIDENT, SCHOOL | Officer | 40 | $386,794 |
| Eric P Lefkofsky | CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Darrel Hackett | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Samuel M Mencoff | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Sylvia M Neil | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Michael J Sacks | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| David J Vitale | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Paul J Carbone | TREASURER | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Sarah Guernsey | DEPUTY DIR & SR VP CUR AFFAIRS | Key employee | 40 | $463,382 |
| Amy Allen | SENIOR VP, ENGAGEMENT, MUSEUM | Key employee | 40 | $447,727 |
| Martin Berger | PROVOST & SR VP ACAD AFFAIRS | Key employee | 40 | $436,802 |
| David Nacol | SENIOR VP, PHILANTHROPY | Key employee | 40 | $429,843 |
| Thomas Buechele | VP, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, SCHOOL | Key employee | 40 | $365,356 |
| Denise Banks | CHIEF HR OFFICER | Key employee | 40 | $344,755 |
| Rose Milkowski | VP, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT | Key employee | 40 | $344,459 |
| Camille Martin-Thomsen | DEAN OF FACULTY & VP ACAD | Key employee | 40 | $322,009 |
| Emily Benedict | VP, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, MUSEUM | Key employee | 40 | $316,737 |
| Courtney Rowe | VP FOR ADV, SAIC ENDED 08/2024 | Key employee | 40 | $197,285 |
| Arjun Aggarwal | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Frances Beatty | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Anne Searle Bent | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Heiji Choy Black | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Anita Blanchard | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Michelle Boone | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Leslie Buchbinder | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jacolyn Bucksbaum | TRUSTEE - AS OF 11/12/24 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Robert J Buford | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Linda Smith Buonanno | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Scott Canel | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Honghong Chen | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Lester N Coney | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Rita Sola Cook | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| A Steven Crown | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jill Delaney | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Shawn M Donnelley | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Janet Duchossois | TRUSTEE - ENDED 11/12/24 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Fred Eychaner | TRUSTEE - ENDED 11/12/24 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Lori Gray Faversham | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Stephanie Skestos Gabriele | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Denise B Gardner | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Sarah N Garvey | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Karen Z Gray-Krehbiel | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Joseph P Gromacki | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Adnaan Hamid | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Caryn Harris | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Carol Horvitz | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Pamela Joyner | TRUSTEE - ENDED 5/9/25 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Christopher Keogh | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Kip Kirkpatrick | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Jay Frederick Krehbiel | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Josef Lakonishok | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Lawrence F Levy | TRUSTEE - ENDED 11/12/24 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Robert M Levy | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| John F Manley | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Joe Mansueto | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Howard M McCue III | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Eric T McKissack | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Cary D McMillan | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Usha Mittal | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Kristin Rey | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Michael Polsky | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Anne Reyes | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Linda Johnson Rice | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Andrew M Rosenfield | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| E Scott Santi | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Mamadou-Abou Sarr | TRUSTEE - ENDED 6/11/25 | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Anita K Sinha | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Maurice Smith | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Alexander Stuart | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Marilynn Thoma | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| John Vanderlinden | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Frederick H Waddell | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Alex Washington | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Reeve B Waud | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $5,648,584, which is 4.5% of the $124,610,610 salary base shared by 3,643 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Rondeau | PRESIDENT, MUSEUM | Officer | 40 | $1,024,393 | $0 | $138,751 | $1,163,144 |
| Elissa Tenny | PRESIDENT, SAIC ENDED 07/2024 | Officer | 40 | $753,076 | $0 | $63,745 | $816,821 |
| Alexandra Holt | EVP FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN | Officer | 40 | $511,868 | $0 | $54,389 | $566,257 |
| Eugene Adams | CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | Highly paid employee | 40 | $256,998 | $0 | $213,026 | $470,024 |
| Leslie Darling | EVP, GENERAL CSL & SECRETARY | Officer | 40 | $416,960 | $0 | $50,830 | $467,790 |
| Sarah Guernsey | DEPUTY DIR & SR VP CUR AFFAIRS | Key employee | 40 | $357,259 | $0 | $106,123 | $463,382 |
| Amy Allen | SENIOR VP, ENGAGEMENT, MUSEUM | Key employee | 40 | $344,764 | $0 | $102,963 | $447,727 |
| Martin Berger | PROVOST & SR VP ACAD AFFAIRS | Key employee | 40 | $394,834 | $0 | $41,968 | $436,802 |
| David Nacol | SENIOR VP, PHILANTHROPY | Key employee | 40 | $372,790 | $0 | $57,053 | $429,843 |
| Jiseon Lee Isbara | PRESIDENT, SCHOOL | Officer | 40 | $354,039 | $0 | $32,755 | $386,794 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202611319349305991 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-2167725
- Organization website (as filed): www.artic.edu and www.saic.edu