Beer Culture Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473081387
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7734562529
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,465
Expenses
$83,386
Assets
$112,796
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH GARIBAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN HALL (DIRECTOR)
  • RYAN DANIELS (DIRECTOR)
  • ERIC JOHNSON (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The beer culture center highlights the dynamic culture and innovative history of one of the world's most vibrant industries. By using stories of the past and tales of the present, the beer culture center takes a deeper look into one of the oldest beverages and its power to build community and its importance as an ongoing cultural force.

What it reported doing in 2024

The world's beer history, culture and community has impacted a myriad of other industries and social and economic issues. The beer culture center will celebrate the close relationship and influence beer enjoys around the world, highlighting chicago as a world-class city and world-class destination rooted in the story of beer. Temporary exhibition spaces will feature beer's role in other industries as well as the beer history and culture of other world cities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.7%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 39%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 78%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 52.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.7% of revenue deployed · 39% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.