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Filing year 2023

THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-6109822·NTEE A500 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$1.1M
Total assets
$9.7M
Total expenses
$1.6M
Reported officers
22
Mission

THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY IS AT ITS CORE A SPACE OF POSSIBILITY. FOR ARTISTS, WE OFFER AN UNFETTERED PLATFORM FOR BOLD EXPERIMENTATION. OUR WORK WITH ARTISTS FREQUENTLY RESULTS IN NEWLY COMMISSIONED ART, AND THESE PRESENTATIONS IN OUR GALLERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SPUR FURTHER SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE REFLECTIONS IN OUR PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. FOR VISITORS, WE OFFER INTIMATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH ART AND ARTISTS WHO PROVIDE CRITICAL RESPONSES TO OUR PRESENT MOMENT. ALL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS ARE FREE TO ATTEND.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$241k
$267k
Base
$220k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Deputy Director
director (operational)
$124k
$137k

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 20 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 2%
from 2022

From $235k in 2022 to $241k in 2023.

$235k
2022
$241k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$269k to $267k

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 RENAISSANCE SOCIETY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.3M
$1.8M
2022
$1.1M
$1.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

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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