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Filing year 2023

THE POETRY FOUNDATION

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-2490808·NTEE A70 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$7.6M
Total assets
$300.4M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
24

Executive compensation

Form 990-PF · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President
unclassified
$410k
$455k
VP of Finance & Admin
vice president
$295k
$327k
Chief Operating Officer
$70k
$78k

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 21 unpaid individuals.

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What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Illinois

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $38,962.

25th percentile
$16k
Median
$38,962
75th percentile
$85k
90th percentile
$153k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 180 organizations across 180 filings (2021 – 2023).

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