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Filing year 2024

CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-2704879·6
Total revenue
$44.1M
Total assets
$33.3M
Total expenses
$38.9M
Reported officers
62
Mission

THE CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU IS THE PREMIER SALES AND MARKETING ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CHICAGO'S WORLD-CLASS ASSETS TO GLOBAL LEISURE TRAVEL AND CONVENTION BUSINESS TO ENSURE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE CITY AND ITS MEMBER BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Former President and CEO
former officer/director/trustee
$574k
$614k
Base
Bonus
$86k
Other
$484k
Benefits
$1k
SVP Sales and Services
senior vice president
$420k
$450k
Base
$301k
Bonus
$75k
Other
$14k
Benefits
$19k
Interim President and CEO
$386k
$413k
Base
$368k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
VP Sales
vice president
$307k
$329k
Base
$221k
Bonus
$60k
Other
Benefits
$17k
VP Sales
vice president
$295k
$316k
Base
$221k
Bonus
$61k
Other
Benefits
$6k
Chief Marketing Officer Fr
key employee
$292k
$313k
Base
$221k
Bonus
$48k
Other
Benefits
$19k
Base
$259k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
VP Media Relations
vice president
$273k
$292k
Base
$236k
Bonus
$22k
Other
Benefits
$6k
Exec Director Chicago Spor
key employee
$253k
$271k
Base
$219k
Bonus
$21k
Other
Benefits
$6k
VP Special Events
vice president
$236k
$252k
Base
$184k
Bonus
$26k
Other
Benefits
$19k
VP Global Development
vice president
$226k
$242k
Base
$202k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$19k
VP Neighborhood Strategies
vice president
$216k
$231k
Base
$197k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Senior Director Marketing
director (operational)
$190k
$203k
Base
$184k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Chief of Staff
highest compensated employee
$187k
$200k
Base
$177k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k

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 48 unpaid individuals.

Down 1%
from 2023

From $580k in 2023 to $574k in 2024.

$580k
2023
$574k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 4% in real terms$642k to $614k

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

CHICAGO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$37.3M
$36.4M
2023
$44.1M
$38.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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