Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Arts and culture
Chicago, Illinois
EIN 36-2167823
Tax-exempt since 1927

Firms paid: 4
Fees reported, 2017–2024: $2.2M
Fees reported in 2024: $218K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $80.8M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$218,374 to 1 fundraiser

Fundraisers Chicago Symphony Orchestra paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
DCM IncTelefundraising Campaigns	Telefundraising Campaigns	$218,374

All firms paid

Fundraisers Chicago Symphony Orchestra reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
DCM Inc	2017–2024 · 7 years	$2,175,394

Listed as a client by:

Per firm websites

Andrea McNaughton dba A McNaughton ConsultingMajor gifts
ACORN HILL ASSOCIATES LLCProspect research
Latz & CompanyCapital campaigns

Form 990 Snapshot

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$80.8M	$24.3M	$4.4M	$285K
2021	$102.4M	$62.2M	$3.8M	$245K
2020	$109.9M	$49.2M	$3.5M	$310K
2019	$73.8M	$37.6M	$4.1M	$341K
2018	$72.1M	$30.8M	$4.0M	$311K
2017	$81.8M	$35.1M	$4.1M	$465K

Fees are what Chicago Symphony Orchestra reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.