Illinois · Nonprofit
SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD
SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,600 to it, the largest being I J ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $-119743
What Society for the Arts Ltd does
Mission
Promotion of Central Eastern European Culture
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chicago International Documentary Festival docsPace series 4 Virtual free screenig of most interesting new documentaries in a series of presentations with online Q As with filmmakers. April-October Attend. 1000
$1,784 spent$663 earned by the program5% of program spendingl Polish Film Festival in America Farewell Screenings Farewell screeningsf the wrold.s most extensive showecase of Polish cinema. Nearly 20 non-commercial screenings, Q A sessions with manu filmakers actors, directors, cinematographers,producers, Gallery Theatre. November-December. Att 2,500
$14,766 spentof which $5,000 as grants$41,233 earned by the program40% of program spendingAnnual Irish Film Festival. Virtual Screening online Q A with filmakers. March 2024 attend2,000
$3,569 spent$1,326 earned by the program10% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 5,677, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 1,586 Posters to Fils by Roman Polanski from the Collection of Tom Startek. Over 120 rare international film posters to movies by directoe Roman Polansk in both Galleries 1112 November-January 2025 Attend. 2,000 Program Service Expenses 5,676, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 1,586 Red White. Modern Polish Young Painters. Paintings of various techniques by most outstanding contemporary young Polish artists with lectures and tour guides in both 1112 Galleries. May-August 2025 Att. 2,000 Program Service Expenses 5,356, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 1,990 Polish Film Festivals in Ann Arbor, Madison NY, Houston, Pittsburgh. Showcase of contemporary Polish cinema. Various locations co-organization Att 3000
$16,709 spent$5,162 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,828.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $48k to $21k (−56%).
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.
9% of SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD’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.
Where its funders are
SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD's revenue fell 63% between 2020 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD: 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 SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD?
- SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,600 to it, the largest being I J ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,600 in grants to SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD?
- I J ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS LTD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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