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Filing year 2024

Experimental Sound Studio

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-3482714·NTEE A6FZ · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$748k
Total assets
$899k
Total expenses
$838k
Reported officers
10
Mission

ESS IS A NON-PROFIT, ARTIST-RUN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SOUND IN ALL ITS EXPLORATORY CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS, INCLUDING MUSIC, SOUND ART,INSTALLATION, CINEMA, PERFORMING ARTS, SOUND POETRY, BROADCAST, NEW MEDIA, AND MORE. IT IS OUR MISSION TO SERVE THE ARTISTS ENGAGED IN THESE DISCIPLINES, THE AUDIENCES WHO LISTEN TO THEM, AND THE PUBLIC WHO MAY AS YET BE UNAWARE OF SOUND'S MANY CREATIVE DIMENSIONS. OUR APPROACH INTEGRATES PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION, EDUCATION, AND PRESERVATION, OFTEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, CONSTITUENCIES, ARTISTS, AND INDIVIDUALS.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Managing Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$60k
$64k

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 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 10%
from 2023

From $54k in 2023 to $60k in 2024.

$54k
2023
$60k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 6% in real terms$60k to $64k

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.

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