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Filing year 2023

CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-2167788·3
Total revenue
$9.1M
Total assets
$29.6M
Total expenses
$6.5M
Reported officers
20
Mission

TO FOSTER AND ADVANCE SCHOLARLY AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THROUGH COST-EFFECTIVE, COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE RELIABLE ACCESS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS OF COLLECTIONS AND CONTENT OF RESEARCH LIBRARY MATERIALS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$253k
$281k
Base
$230k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$484
Sr. Director of Finance & Administration
$191k
$211k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$484
Director of Metadata & Discovery Enhancement
highest compensated employee
$157k
$174k
Base
$116k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$29k
Network and Systems Administrator
highest compensated employee
$136k
$151k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 16 unpaid individuals.

Held steady
from 2022

From $253k in 2022 to $253k in 2023.

$253k
2022
$253k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 3% in real terms$290k to $281k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.3M
$6.2M
2022
$9.1M
$6.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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