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Illinois Sign Association

  • Chicago, IL
  • Tax-exempt since March 1985
  • EIN: 36-3179359

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, etc, created for the improvement of business conditions.

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$58.8k (2023)

Expenses
$64.9k (2023)

Total Assets
$36.4k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$58,818
Expenses
$64,946
Net Income
-$6,128
Net Assets
$36,355
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $52,952
90.0%
Investment Income $5,270
9.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $596
1.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $36,355
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $36,355
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Russ Salzman (Exec Director) $0 $0
John Johnson (President) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Sectreas) $0 $0
Jason Tompkiks (Past President) $0 $0
Henry Van De Werken (Vice President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on March 2, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$61,457
Expenses
$76,145
Net Income
-$14,688
Net Assets
$42,483
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $7,290
11.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $42,483
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $42,483
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Russ Salzman (Exec Director) $0 $0
John Johnson (President) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Sectreas) $0 $0
Jason Tompkiks (Past President) $0 $0
Henry Van De Werken (Vice President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on March 7, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$61,826
Expenses
$57,301
Net Income
$4,525
Net Assets
$54,765
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,250
13.3%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $54,765
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $54,765
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Russ Salzman (Exec Director) $33,000 $0
John Johnson (President) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Sectreas) $0 $0
Jason Tompkiks (Past President) $0 $0
Henry Van De Werken (Vice President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 6, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$35,049
Expenses
$53,017
Net Income
-$17,968
Net Assets
$58,891
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $34,861
99.5%
Investment Income $188
0.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,891
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $58,891
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Russ Salzman (Exec Director) $39,600 $0
John Johnson (President) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Sectreas) $0 $0
Jason Tompkiks (Past President) $0 $0
Henry Van De Werken (Vice President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on March 9, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$76,973
Expenses
$73,604
Net Income
$3,369
Net Assets
$48,816
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $64,473
83.8%
Investment Income $465
0.6%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $12,035
15.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $49,891
Total Liabilities $1,075
Net Assets $48,816
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Russ Salzman (Executive Director) $39,600 $0
Jason Tompkins (President) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Sectreas) $0 $0
Tabitha Bowen (Director) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Zac Martin (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Mike Weitz (Director) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Director) $0 $0
Henry Van De Werken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on March 9, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$49,047
Expenses
$76,316
Net Income
-$27,269
Net Assets
$49,436
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $30,027
61.2%
Investment Income $316
0.6%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $7,480
15.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $60,911
Total Liabilities $11,475
Net Assets $49,436

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$85,505
Expenses
$82,791
Net Income
$2,714
Net Assets
$76,305
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $32,876
38.4%
Investment Income $296
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $16,565
19.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $76,305
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $76,305
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian Swingle (Executive Di) $0 $0
Gene Anderson (Past Preside) $0 $0
Jason Tompkins (President) $0 $0
John Johnson (Vice Preside) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Director) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Secretary/Tr) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Zac Martin (Director) $0 $0
Dominic Fracasso (Director) $0 $0
Mike Weitz (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Henry Vandewerken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on July 10, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$73,234
Expenses
$72,556
Net Income
$678
Net Assets
$73,590
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $36,099
49.3%
Investment Income $108
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $6,860
9.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $73,590
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $73,590
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian Swingle (Executive Di) $0 $0
Jason Tompkins (President) $0 $0
John Johnson (Vice Preside) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Director) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Secretary/Tr) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Zac Martin (Director) $0 $0
Dominic Fracasso (Director) $0 $0
Mike Weitz (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Henry Vandewerken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 15, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$84,087
Expenses
$74,991
Net Income
$9,096
Net Assets
$72,912
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $36,186
43.0%
Investment Income $150
0.2%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $13,668
16.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $72,912
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $72,912
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian Swingle (Executive Di) $0 $0
Jason Tompkins (President) $0 $0
John Johnson (Vice Preside) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Past Preside) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Secretary/Tr) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Zac Martin (Director) $0 $0
Dominic Fracasso (Director) $0 $0
Mike Weitz (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Henry Vandewerken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 9, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$68,458
Expenses
$91,477
Net Income
-$23,019
Net Assets
$63,814
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $100
0.1%
Program Services $24,335
35.5%
Investment Income $117
0.2%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $10,093
14.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $63,814
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $63,814
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian Swingle (Executive Di) $0 $0
Gene Anderson (President) $0 $0
Jason Tompkins (Vice Preside) $0 $0
John Johnson (Secretary/Tr) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Past Preside) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Director) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Mike Mallon (Director) $0 $0
Dominic Fracasso (Director) $0 $0
Craig Gray (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Henry Vandewerken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 4, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$105,606
Expenses
$69,432
Net Income
$36,174
Net Assets
$86,835
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $74,779
70.8%
Investment Income $129
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $8,529
8.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $86,835
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $86,835
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Brian Swingle (Executive Di) $0 $0
Gene Anderson (President) $0 $0
Jason Tompkins (Vice Preside) $0 $0
John Johnson (Secretary/Tr) $0 $0
Sam Van Bruggen (Past Preside) $0 $0
Andrew Carby (Director) $0 $0
Barry Cox (Director) $0 $0
Mike Mallon (Director) $0 $0
Dominic Fracasso (Director) $0 $0
Craig Gray (Director) $0 $0
Kevin Laska (Director) $0 $0
Jim Murphy (Director) $0 $0
Henry Vandewerken (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 13, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$58,629
Expenses
$62,761
Net Income
-$4,132
Net Assets
$50,661
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $30,901
52.7%
Investment Income $317
0.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $5,518
9.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $50,661
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $50,661

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$65,271
Expenses
$65,017
Net Income
$254
Net Assets
$54,793
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $32,570
49.9%
Investment Income $471
0.7%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $9,225
14.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $54,793
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $54,793

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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