Chicago Community Trust CEO salary and executive pay
Chicago Community Trust paid its CEO, Andrea Saenz, $685,048 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $29,439 (4.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,143,553,763, down 12.7% from $2,455,691,801 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Chicago Community Trust ranks 16th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. Chicago Community Trust has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2167000, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$685,048
- Total revenue
- $2,143,553,763
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 3%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632239349302058.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 319th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% 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, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Andrea Saenz CEO President & CEO | $685,048 |
| Jessica StrausbaughChief Financial Officer (until 3/25) | $383,487 |
| Sylvia GarciaChief Operating Officer | $351,122 |
| Sheila CawleyChief Philanthropy Officer | $338,956 |
| Clothilde A EwingVP Strategic Communications | $324,351 |
Also paid on the latest return: Lisa Jericho (VP Innovation & Technology), $318,012; Marisa Novara (VP Community Impact), $290,450; Amy Pena (Gen. Counsel & Secy. (until 6/25)), $277,931; Wendell Williams (Associate VP Talent & Admin), $255,526; Laura Kernaghan (Sr. Director of Investments), $175,876.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Bryan Traubert (Director & Chair), Anne Ladky (Director), Brett Hart (Director), Connie Lindsey (Director), Ethan Meers (Director), Gretchen Crosby Sims (Director), Heather Steans (Director), James Reynolds (Director), Jesse Ruiz (Director), Lou Nieto (Director), Margaret Stineman (Director), Martin Cabrera Jr (Director), Omar Duque (Director), Renetta McCann (Director), Sandra Cordova Micek (Director), Steven Koch (Director), Terry Peterson (Director), Gretchen Wolf (Gen. Counsel & Secy. (as of 9/25)).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Andrea Saenz CEO President & CEO | $685,048 | $2,143,553,763 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Andrea Saenz CEO President & CEO | $655,609 | $2,455,691,801 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Andrea Saenz CEO President & CEO (as of 11/22) | $404,125 | $1,536,635,743 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 Amended | Helene Gayle CEO President & CEO (until 6/30/22) | $659,904 | $1,869,389,592 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632239349302058.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Andrea SaenzPresident & CEO | $623,862 | $61,186 | $594,280 | $28,340 | $1,242 | $52,325 | $8,861 | $685,048 |
| Jessica StrausbaughChief Financial Officer (until 3/25) | $326,218 | $57,269 | $325,768 | $0 | $450 | $26,882 | $30,387 | $383,487 |
| Sylvia GarciaChief Operating Officer | $325,903 | $25,219 | $325,603 | $0 | $300 | $2,860 | $22,359 | $351,122 |
| Sheila CawleyChief Philanthropy Officer | $306,215 | $32,741 | $304,925 | $0 | $1,290 | $3,224 | $29,517 | $338,956 |
| Clothilde A EwingVP Strategic Communications | $269,293 | $55,058 | $268,843 | $0 | $450 | $23,671 | $31,387 | $324,351 |
These figures come from Chicago Community Trust'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 Chicago Community Trust compares
Ranked 16th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 15th, California Community Foundation, $731,053
- Next in this ranking: 17th, San Francisco Foundation, $670,879
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation$668,273 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Howard Hughes Medical Institute$1,721,384 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Direct Relief$1,111,239 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Smithsonian Institution$1,038,055 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
MITRE$5,957,132 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Andrea Saenz (President & CEO) was paid $685,048 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $623,862 from Chicago Community Trust and $61,186 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Andrea Saenz, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $685,048.
Chicago Community Trust paid its CEO, Andrea Saenz, $685,048 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $29,439 (4.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Helene Gayle, paid $659,904. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $659,904 (Helene Gayle); September 2023, $404,125 (Andrea Saenz); September 2024, $655,609; September 2025, $685,048.
Chicago Community Trust's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,269,380,379 and total revenue of $2,143,553,763 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $874,173,384. Expenses were $1,521,532,173 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 16.6%. The CEO's pay of $685,048 equals 0.05% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Chicago Community Trust filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.