Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6112087 · Education · Rank 2,401 by total revenue
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $267,562,634
- Total expenses
- $243,773,353
- Total assets
- $429,749,359
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $67,831,636
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $90,168,563
- Employees
- 2,539
- Salary base per employee
- $26,716
"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 (30)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tarrer | INTERIM PRESIDENT-Partial Year; COO | Board, Officer | 40 | $484,201 |
| Marcella David | SENIOR VP AND PROVOST-Partial Year | Officer | 40 | $405,958 |
| Patricia Bergeson | VP OF LEGAL AFFAIRS & GENERAL COUNSEL-Partial Year | Officer | 40 | $281,818 |
| Barry M Sabloff | SECRETARY | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Hugh C Williams | VICE CHAIR | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| John McLain Holmes | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD | Board, Officer | 1 | None reported |
| Shantay Bolton | PRESIDENT AND CEO, TRUSTEE, EX-OFFICIO-Partial Year | Board, Officer | 40 | None reported |
| Steven Corey | DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL (LAS) | Key employee | 40 | $269,514 |
| Suzanne McBride | SENIOR VP INTERIM PROVOST-Partial Year | Key employee | 40 | $256,888 |
| Patricia Olalde | AVP, HUMAN RESOURCES | Key employee | 40 | $246,243 |
| Derek Brinkley | AVP, ENROLLMENT MANAGMENT-Partial Year | Key employee | 40 | $230,766 |
| Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Arjun Aggarwal | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Arlen Rubin | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Averill Leviton | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Imad I Qasim | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| John R Gehron | TRUSTEE-Partial Year | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Karen Jones | TRUSTEE, EX-OFFICIO | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Len Amato | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Melissa Dalrymple | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Paul Broucek | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Paul Garnes | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Peter Pace Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Rich Nanda | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Richard Poulton | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Robert A Wislow | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Robert J Buford | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Staci R Collins Jackson | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Susan V Downing | TRUSTEE-Partial Year | Board | 1 | None reported |
| William Wolf | TRUSTEE | Board | 1 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $4,006,496, which is 5.9% of the $67,831,636 salary base shared by 2,539 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwang-Wu Kim | FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO, FORMER TRUSTEE, EX-OFFICIO | Former | 0 | $990,588 | $0 | $107,045 | $1,097,633 |
| Jerry Tarrer | INTERIM PRESIDENT-Partial Year; COO | Board, Officer | 40 | $411,500 | $0 | $72,701 | $484,201 |
| Marcella David | SENIOR VP AND PROVOST-Partial Year | Officer | 40 | $358,519 | $0 | $47,439 | $405,958 |
| Kathie Koch | AVP AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | Highly paid employee | 40 | $272,604 | $0 | $55,935 | $328,539 |
| Laurent Pernot | CHIEF OF STAFF | Highly paid employee | 40 | $248,315 | $0 | $69,226 | $317,541 |
| Patricia Bergeson | VP OF LEGAL AFFAIRS & GENERAL COUNSEL-Partial Year | Officer | 40 | $240,560 | $0 | $41,258 | $281,818 |
| Sharon Wilson Taylor | VP OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | Highly paid employee | 40 | $228,060 | $0 | $52,242 | $280,302 |
| Ann Kalayil | AVP FACILITIES/CONSTRUCTION | Highly paid employee | 40 | $234,368 | $0 | $41,602 | $275,970 |
| Steven Corey | DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL (LAS) | Key employee | 40 | $209,734 | $0 | $59,780 | $269,514 |
| Terence Smith | SPECIAL COUNSEL LABOR RELATIONS-Partial Year | Highly paid employee | 40 | $239,250 | $0 | $25,770 | $265,020 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202611699349301101 (Form 990, period ending 2025-08-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-6112087
- Organization website (as filed): www.colum.edu