Art Institute of Chicago CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Art Institute of Chicago's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was James Rondeau, at $1,163,144. That is up $21,656 (1.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $464,393,130, down 6.0% from $493,800,993 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Art Institute of Chicago ranks 7th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits on this site by top pay. Art Institute of Chicago has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2167725, Chicago, IL.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,163,144
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $464,393,130
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 25%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611319349305991.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 156th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.25% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James RondeauPRESIDENT, MUSEUM | $1,163,144 |
| Elissa TennyPRESIDENT, SAIC ENDED 07/2024 | $816,821 |
| Alexandra HoltEVP FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN | $566,257 |
| Eugene AdamsCHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | $470,024 |
| Leslie DarlingEVP, GENERAL CSL & SECRETARY | $467,790 |
Also paid on the latest return: Sarah Guernsey (DEPUTY DIR & SR VP CUR AFFAIRS), $463,382; Amy Allen (SENIOR VP, ENGAGEMENT, MUSEUM), $447,727; Martin Berger (PROVOST & SR VP ACAD AFFAIRS), $436,802; David Nacol (SENIOR VP, PHILANTHROPY), $429,843; Jiseon Lee Isbara (PRESIDENT, SCHOOL), $386,794; Thomas Buechele (VP, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, SCHOOL), $365,356; Denise Banks (CHIEF HR OFFICER), $344,755; Rose Milkowski (VP, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT), $344,459; Kathryn Rahn (SR VP, MARKETING & COMMS), $337,202; Matthew Norris (VP, ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ANALYT), $325,619; Evelyn Jeffers (FORMER COO, MUSEUM), $324,095; Ann Goldstein (DEPUTY DIR & SR CURATOR AT LG), $322,818; Camille Martin-Thomsen (DEAN OF FACULTY & VP ACAD), $322,009; Emily Benedict (VP, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, MUSEUM), $316,737; Antoinette Murril (DEPUTY CHIEF HR OFFICER), $282,950; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Eric P Lefkofsky (CHAIR), Darrel Hackett (VICE CHAIR), Samuel M Mencoff (VICE CHAIR), Sylvia M Neil (VICE CHAIR), Michael J Sacks (VICE CHAIR), David J Vitale (VICE CHAIR), Paul J Carbone (TREASURER), Arjun Aggarwal (TRUSTEE), Frances Beatty (TRUSTEE), Anne Searle Bent (TRUSTEE), Heiji Choy Black (TRUSTEE), Anita Blanchard (TRUSTEE), Michelle Boone (TRUSTEE), Leslie Buchbinder (TRUSTEE), Jacolyn Bucksbaum (TRUSTEE - AS OF 11/12/24), Robert J Buford (TRUSTEE), Linda Smith Buonanno (TRUSTEE), Scott Canel (TRUSTEE), Honghong Chen (TRUSTEE), Lester N Coney (TRUSTEE), Rita Sola Cook (TRUSTEE), A Steven Crown (TRUSTEE), Jill Delaney (TRUSTEE), Shawn M Donnelley (TRUSTEE), Janet Duchossois (TRUSTEE - ENDED 11/12/24), and 38 more.
Top pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | James RondeauPRESIDENT, MUSEUM (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,163,144 | $464,393,130 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | James RondeauPresident, Museum (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,141,488 | $493,800,993 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | James RondeauPresident, Museum (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,073,976 | $359,509,602 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | James RondeauPresident, Museum (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $972,347 | $414,893,991 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611319349305991.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James RondeauPRESIDENT, MUSEUM | $1,024,393 | $138,751 | $895,860 | $0 | $128,533 | $128,000 | $10,751 | $1,163,144 |
| Elissa TennyPRESIDENT, SAIC ENDED 07/2024 | $753,076 | $63,745 | $652,642 | $0 | $100,434 | $46,000 | $17,745 | $816,821 |
| Alexandra HoltEVP FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN | $511,868 | $54,389 | $475,217 | $0 | $36,651 | $36,492 | $17,897 | $566,257 |
| Eugene AdamsCHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | $256,998 | $213,026 | $231,899 | $0 | $25,099 | $189,000 | $24,026 | $470,024 |
| Leslie DarlingEVP, GENERAL CSL & SECRETARY | $416,960 | $50,830 | $386,489 | $0 | $30,471 | $35,843 | $14,987 | $467,790 |
These figures come from Art Institute of Chicago's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Art Institute of Chicago compares
Ranked 7th of 11 arts and culture nonprofits by top pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 6th, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, $1,192,383
- Next in this ranking: 8th, Sesame Workshop, $1,136,265
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Rotary Foundation$852,448 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Pew Charitable Trusts$1,286,231 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy$667,437 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Alzheimer's Association$1,174,136 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025- OneBlood$1,772,301 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
The fiscal year ending June 2025 filing does not list anyone with a chief executive title. The highest-paid person, James Rondeau (PRESIDENT, MUSEUM), was paid $1,163,144: $1,024,393 from Art Institute of Chicago and $138,751 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was James Rondeau (PRESIDENT, MUSEUM), at $1,163,144.
The highest-paid person on Art Institute of Chicago's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was James Rondeau, at $1,163,144. That is up $21,656 (1.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the highest-paid person was James Rondeau, paid $972,347. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $972,347 (James Rondeau); June 2023, $1,073,976; June 2024, $1,141,488; June 2025, $1,163,144.
Art Institute of Chicago's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $381,917,394 and total revenue of $464,393,130 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $82,475,736. Expenses were $348,160,383 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.7%. The highest-paid person's pay of $1,163,144 equals 0.30% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Art Institute of Chicago filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.