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Filing year 2023

The Economic Club of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 30-0748997·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$5.2M
Total assets
$8M
Total expenses
$5.4M
Reported officers
51
Mission

The Economic Club of Chicago connects global leaders across generations and from all backgrounds to foster independent dialogue on the most important issues facing the world.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$525k
$582k
Base
$378k
Bonus
$100k
Other
Benefits
$34k
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
$256k
$284k
Base
$195k
Bonus
$38k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Vice President & Chief Programs Officer
vice president
$243k
$269k
Base
$189k
Bonus
$33k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Vice President, Chief Marketing & Engagement Officer
vice president
$240k
$266k
Base
$186k
Bonus
$32k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Vice President, Membership
vice president
$182k
$202k
Base
$148k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of Technology
highest compensated employee
$180k
$199k
Base
$145k
Bonus
$14k
Other
Benefits
$13k

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 45 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 7%
from 2022

From $490k in 2022 to $525k in 2023.

$490k
2022
$525k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$561k to $582k

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 Economic Club of Chicago reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.7M
$5M
2022
$5.2M
$5.4M
2023
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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