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US nonprofit · EIN 366002273 · Highland Park, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 366002273) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Ravinia Festival Association

Donations deductible
Revenue
$65.8m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$56.8m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$306.6m
$13.1m liabilities
Net assets
$293.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
89
6.7 years on average
Staff
977
250 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Christopher J Klein
Left since last filing
4
4% of the board
How am I connected?

Ravinia Festival Association's network

40 people43 organisationsi40 people and 43 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (40). Violet dotted lines (53) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

89 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 79 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 89 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Christopher J Klein ChairChairperson2018
8 yrs
Alvin KatzTrustee2020
6 yrs
Andres TapiaTrustee2018
8 yrs
Andrew HopkinsTrustee2022
4 yrs
Andrew ReyesTrustee2024
2 yrs
Andrew S MarovitzTrustee2018
8 yrs
Annette G DezelanTrustee2018
8 yrs
Audrey L WeaverTrustee2018
8 yrs
AVY H Stein (also filed as AVY Stein)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Betsy HoldenTrustee2018
8 yrs
Bobbie B DenisonTrustee2018
8 yrs
Bradley AkasonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Bradley S SchmarakTrustee2018
8 yrs
Bruce EttelsonTrustee2022
4 yrs
Christopher A Deveny (also filed as Christopher Deveny)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Christopher DrewryTrustee2024
2 yrs
Christopher NoonTrustee2018
8 yrs
Christopher PaquetteTrustee2022
4 yrs
Clifton L Fenton (also filed as Clifton Fenton)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Craig J UmansTrustee2020
6 yrs
Daniel H Reisner (also filed as Daniel Reisner)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Daniela O'Leary-Gill (also filed as Daniela Oleary-Gill)Trustee2018
8 yrs
David R KahnweilerTrustee2018
8 yrs
Dean M Harrison (also filed as Dean Harrison)Trustee2020
6 yrs
Dottie GordonTrustee2024
2 yrs
E Scott SantiVice Chair2018
8 yrs
Elizabeth CrownTrustee2020
6 yrs
Elizabeth Liz DozierTrustee2022
4 yrs
Emily T KnightTrustee2018
8 yrs
Eric S SmithTrustee2020
6 yrs
Gary J LevinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Gary NoskinTrustee2024
2 yrs
Heidi BellingerTrustee2022
4 yrs
Iliana A MoraCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
J Randall WhiteTrustee2018
8 yrs
James AbramsTrustee2018
8 yrs
James OrthTrustee2022
4 yrs
James T Glerum JRTrustee2018
8 yrs
Jane D CasperTrustee2018
8 yrs
Jeanne M DenisonTrustee2018
8 yrs
Jeffrey C HammesTrustee2018
8 yrs
Jeffrey CondrenTrustee2024
2 yrs
Jeffrey P Haydon (also filed as Jeffrey Haydon)President & CEO2020
6 yrs
John B Snyder JRTreasurer2019
7 yrs
John W KettTrustee2022
4 yrs
Jon HarrisTrustee2018
8 yrs
JUD SnyderTrustee2021
5 yrs
Judy CastelliniTrustee2018
8 yrs
Julie ParsonsTrustee2023
3 yrs
Julie StoneTrustee2023
3 yrs
Justin FerdulaTrustee2019
7 yrs
Justin GreisTrustee2023
3 yrs
Kathryn D IngrahamTrustee2018
8 yrs
Kenneth A Meister (also filed as Kenneth Meister)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Kimberlee TaylorTrustee2024
2 yrs
Larry A Barden (also filed as Larry Barden)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Lindsey HoltonTrustee2023
3 yrs
Liz LefkofskyTrustee2018
8 yrs
Louis S Harrison (also filed as Louis Harrison)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Mark D GersteinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Mary MorelandTrustee2018
8 yrs
Michael J SacksTrustee2018
8 yrs
Michael R GervasioTrustee2018
8 yrs
Michele M IhlanfeldtTrustee2022
4 yrs
Nicholas FinkTrustee2021
5 yrs
Pamela J Mayo (also filed as PAM Mayo)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Paul E MartinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Paul F BurtonTrustee2021
5 yrs
Pedro A GuerreroTrustee2019
7 yrs
Rev Richard L Tolliver (also filed as Rev Richard Tolliver)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Richard L SevcikTrustee2018
8 yrs
Richard S Price (also filed as Richard Price)Trustee2018
8 yrs
Richard W ColburnTrustee2018
8 yrs
Robert W Crawford JRTrustee2018
8 yrs
Ronald MsaslowTrustee2023
3 yrs
Rudy JuarezTrustee2018
8 yrs
Samir MayekarTrustee2024
2 yrs
Sandra Cordova MicekTrustee2022
4 yrs
Shannon CarstensTrustee2024
2 yrs
Sheila TaltonTrustee2022
4 yrs
Stephen RappinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Steve SteinmeyerTrustee2018
8 yrs
Steven B WeinsteinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Susan C LevyTrustee2018
8 yrs
Tera McBlaineTrustee2022
4 yrs
Tom LubinTrustee2019
7 yrs
Toni-Marie MontgomeryTrustee2018
8 yrs
Venita E FieldsTrustee2018
8 yrs
Wendy SchenkerTrustee2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 89 →

Officers and senior leadership

11 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Christine TaylorExecutive Director of Education and Community Engasince 2018
Erik SoderstromSenior Artistic Producersince 2021
Gina EhrlichChief Information Officers2024
Gregory WaltersDirector of Developmentsince 2018
James LaingDirector of Itsince 2018
Nicholas PulliaDirector of Communicationssince 2018
Peggy PapaioannouDirector of Finance (Beg 12/18)since 2019
Russell JenkinsSr. Associate Director, Communicationssince 2021
Sam AmodeoMaster Sound Techniciansince 2018
Shari MasseyDirector of Finance (Thru 9/2018)since 2018
TIM ChristensonTechnical Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Jeffrey HaydonPresident & CEO40$667k$76k
Gregory WaltersChief Development Officer40$299k$72k
Peggy PapaioannouChief Financial Officer40$247k$35k
Gina EhrlichChief Information Officers40$225k$41k
James SchmitzChief of Park Operations40$215k$33k
Erik SoderstromSenior Director of Programming40$206k$41k
Russell JenkinsChief of Strategy & Special Projects40$201k$52k
Christopher J KleinChairperson3$0
E Scott SantiVice Chair3$0
John B Snyder JrTreasurer3$0
Iliana A MoraSecretary3$0
Daniela O'leary-GillExecutive Vice-Chair3$0
James AbramsTrustee0.5$0
Bradley AkasonTrustee0.5$0
Ryan AlwoodTrustee0.5$0
Frank BaiocchiTrustee0.5$0
Larry A BardenTrustee0.5$0
Allegra BieryTrustee0.5$0
Paul F BurtonTrustee0.5$0
Carlos E CalderonTrustee0.5$0
Shannon CarstensTrustee0.5$0
Jane D CasperTrustee0.5$0
Judy CastelliniTrustee0.5$0
Richard W ColburnTrustee0.5$0
Jeffrey CondrenTrustee0.5$0
Robert W CrawfordTrustee0.5$0
Elizabeth CrownTrustee0.5$0
Bobbie B DenisonTrustee0.5$0
Jeanne M DenisonTrustee0.5$0
Christopher R DevenyTrustee0.5$0
Annette G DezelanTrustee0.5$0
Elizabeth DozierTrustee0.5$0
Christopher R DrewryTrustee0.5$0
Bruce EttelsonTrustee0.5$0
Clifton L FentonTrustee0.5$0
Justin FerdulaTrustee0.5$0
Venita E FieldsTrustee0.5$0
Nicholas FinkTrustee0.5$0
Mark D GersteinTrustee0.5$0
James T Glerum JrTrustee0.5$0

About

Legal name
Ravinia Festival Association
EIN
366002273
Address
418 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL, 60035-5031
State
Illinois
Mission
Our mission is to enrich lives through the transformative power of music. Ravinia honors our vibrant history of classical music while celebrating a multitude of musical genres. Through exceptional performances, educational programs, professional training, and community engagement, we strive to create memorable experiences that connect people, foster curiosity, and ensure that the joy of live... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A600 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1936
Principal officer
Jeffrey P Haydon (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 1943
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsChristopher J Klein
≥8years on the filingsAndres Tapia
≥8years on the filingsAndrew S Marovitz
≥8years on the filingsAnnette G Dezelan

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$306.6m
Total liabilities
$13.1m
Net assets or fund balances
$293.5m
Contributions and grants received
$33.3m
Program service revenue
$28.4m
Employees
977
Volunteers
250

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$66.2m$51.2m$15m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.