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Filing year 2024

THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-6109584·NTEE B990 · Education·3
Total revenue
$15.4M
Total assets
$10.1M
Total expenses
$12.4M
Reported officers
36
Mission

THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION BRINGS THE LEGAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACY, FUNDING, AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED AND TO MAKE THE LEGAL SYSTEM MORE FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND EFFECTIVE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$172k
$184k
Base
$155k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Chief Grants & Operations Officer
highest compensated employee
$144k
$154k
Chief Advocacy & Innovation Ofc
highest compensated employee
$127k
$136k

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 33 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 7%
from 2023

From $160k in 2023 to $172k in 2024.

$160k
2023
$172k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$178k to $184k

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

THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.1M
$10.1M
2023
$15.4M
$12.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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