Nonprofit · EIN 20-8490697
CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY
Tax-exempt · CHICAGO, IL 60616
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $360,213 | $414,407 | -$54,194 | $84,603 | $22,095 | $62,508 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $433,477 | $366,092 | $67,385 | $123,603 | $6,901 | $116,702 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $372,631 | $407,128 | -$34,497 | $69,364 | $20,047 | $49,317 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $321,618
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- $38,595
- Other revenue
- $38,595
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $89,425
- Other salaries and wages
- $177,675
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $302,844
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $17,135
- Occupancy
- $2,111
- Travel
- $4,496
- Program services (functional)
- $314,437
- Management and general (functional)
- $83,123
- Fundraising (functional)
- $16,847
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $123,603
- Total assets, end of year
- $84,603
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $22,095
- Net assets, end of year
- $62,508
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $27,905
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $34,603
- Gross receipts
- $376,496
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2006
- State of legal domicile
- IL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Prokuda | Executive Director Officer | 35 | $79,750 | $9,675 |
| Schriesheim Alan | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shaw Arch | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Walsh Jay | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Desino Kelly | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Celesia Gastone | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Echambadi Raj | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Harris Yvonne | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hendrix Mary JC | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Humphrey Chevy | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Johnson Natalie | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Kearns Paul | Director Trustee or director | 0.75 | $0 | $0 |
| Knapp Charles | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Kozlowski Dorothy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kriss Robert | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
13 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Walter | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Miller Jon D | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mocarski Richard | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Adams Erin | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Seed Patrick | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Bruton Carla | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Siggers Julian | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Torshen Kay | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Cepeda Diego | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Ward Patty | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| White Chris | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Young Kristine | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Zachos Lee | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 36 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Prokuda | Director Officer | 35 | $72,801 | $12,557 |
| Schriesheim Alan | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Walsh Jay | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shaw Arch | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Copeland Holly | Chair of Program Planning Committee Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Adams Erin | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Bean Andrew | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruton Carla | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Campbell Andrew | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Celesia Gastone | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Desino Kelly | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Echambadi Raj | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ghanem Salma | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Harrise Yvonne | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hendrix Mary JC | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Humphrey Chevy | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Kearns Paul | Director Trustee or director | 0.75 | $0 | $0 |
| Kim Karen | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Knapp Charles | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Kozlowski Dorothy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kriss Robert | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Lumbsch Thorston | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mangurian Sandra | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Massey Walter | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Miller Jon D | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peterson Norman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Thompson | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Seed Patrick | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Shanley Thomas P | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Siggers Julian | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Torshen Kay | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Wanger Ralph | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Ward Patty | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| White Chris | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Young Kristine | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Zachos Lee | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 33 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Prokuda | Executive Director Officer | 35 | $83,685 |
| Alan Schriesheim | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Jay Walsh | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Holly Copeland | Chair of Program Planning Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Gerald Blazey | Chair of Engagement Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Arch Shaw | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Bean | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Charles Knapp | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Chevy Humphrey | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Chris White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dorothy Kozlowski | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Gastone Celesia | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Schwartz | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jessica Turner-Skoff | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Jon D Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Julian Siggers | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Karen Kim | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Kay Torshen | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Kristine Young | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Mary JC Hendrix | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Norman Peterson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Patrick Seed | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Patty Ward | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Paul Kearns | Director Trustee or director | 0.75 | $0 |
| Raj Echambadi | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ralph Wanger | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Thompson | Director Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 |
| Robert Kriss | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Salma Ghanem | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Sandra Mangurian | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Thomas P Shanley | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Thorston Lumbsch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Walter Massey | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 10 W 35TH ST 10TH FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL 60616-3717
- In care of
- % IL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Alexandra Prokuda, 10 W 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
- Signed the 990
- Alexandra Prokuda, Executive Director
- Phone
- (312) 567-5830
- Website
- www.c2st.org
- Return prepared by
- Desmond & Ahern Ltd
Mission
The Chicago Council on Science and Technology's (C2ST) mission is to inspire and engage all segments of society about science and technology and their contributions to society.
Program accomplishments
- Our programs span the gamut from large TED talk-style presentations to booths at community events and street corners, to our Speakeasies hosted at local bars and restaurants, to our Science in the Parks, STEAM in the Neighborhoods, and Inclusiveness in STEM series, to tours at world-renowned institutions, to multi-week programs done in collaboration with other nonprofits and organizationsExpenses $314,437
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-8490697
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Science and technology (U01)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $84,603
- Income (IRS master file)
- $376,496
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $360,213 | $414,407 | $84,603 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $433,477 | $366,092 | $123,603 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $372,631 | $407,128 | $69,364 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $292,057 | $348,152 | $95,252 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-8490697).
Questions about CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY
- What is the EIN of CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY is 20-8490697.
- Is CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Alexandra Prokuda.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 28 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $79,750 (Alexandra Prokuda, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does CHICAGO COUNCIL ON SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $360,213, expenses of $414,407 and total assets of $84,603 at year end.
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