Illinois · Nonprofit
ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP
ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,066 to it, the largest being Walder Foundation ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $272k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $122k
- Net assets
- $264k
What Roman Susan Art Foundation Nfp does
Mission
Arts & Culture - ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION celebrates and shares the work of artists in the Great Lakes region. We create cultural engagements that provide resources and paid opportunities for artists. We are Chicago-based. We are artist-led. We are experimental and learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Roman Susan Art Foundation storefront at 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL featured 21 projects with the contributions of 135 artists. In 2025, the total expense of this program was $78,374 - with $33,782 spent on artist fees (43%). All events and artist projects were free to the public. For details, visit https://romansusan.org/1224-W-Loyola-Ave
$78,374 spent$15,350 earned by the program42% of program spendingAUX provides administrative support to help artist-run initiatives realize their work. Over the past year, this program worked with 8 artist projects. The total expense of this program was $66,175 - with $35,054 spent on artist fees (53%). For details, visit https://romansusan.org/aux
$66,175 spent$64,625 earned by the program35% of program spendingRoman Susan ANNEX facilitated 11 events with the contributions of 29 artists. Expenses totaled $22,199 - with $10,100 spent on artist stipends (45%). For details, visit https://romansusan.org/ANNEX
$22,199 spent$500 earned by the program12% of program spendingNavigations presented supports 7 ongoing projects, and 5 forthcoming projects by individual artists. Total expenses for this program in the past year was $12,268 - with $8,150 spent on artist stipends (66%). For details, visit https://romansusan.org/navigations
$12,268 spent$7,250 earned by the program7% of program spending4750 N Sheridan Road is a media room and workspace within the landmarked Mutual Insurance Building in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. This program hosted 1 exhibition and 6 events with contributions of 21 artists. Total expenses at this program were $7,816 - with $3,500 spent on artist fees (45%). For details, visit https://romansusan.org/4750-N-Sheridan-Road
$7,816 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $186,832.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $91k to $206k (+126%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kristin Abhalter
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $11 → $52k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
52% of ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP?
- ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,066 to it, the largest being Walder Foundation ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $122,066 in grants to ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP?
- Walder Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROMAN SUSAN ART FOUNDATION NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing