Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,646,778
- Total expenses
- $3,798,635
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,285,423
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $352,712
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $8,643
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,268,896
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,643,630
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,625,266
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,002,680
- Management and general expenses
- $558,822
- Fundraising expenses
- $237,133
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,002,680
Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,285,423
-
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE
total $352,712 · related or exempt $352,712
-
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $8,643 · related or exempt $8,643
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$8,643
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,842,983 · program services $1,400,667 · management and general $294,877 · fundraising $147,439
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $227,900 · program services $172,884 · management and general $36,251 · fundraising $18,765
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $162,628 · program services $124,134 · management and general $26,133 · fundraising $12,361
-
11g · Fees: other
total $935,396 · program services $789,374 · management and general $135,455 · fundraising $10,567
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,353 · program services $1,944 · management and general $273 · fundraising $136
-
13 · Office expenses
total $3,212 · program services $2,792 · management and general $222 · fundraising $198
-
14 · Information technology
total $124,879 · program services $97,987 · management and general $17,673 · fundraising $9,219
-
16 · Occupancy
total $35,827 · program services $21,496 · management and general $3,583 · fundraising $10,748
-
17 · Travel
total $259,555 · program services $235,660 · management and general $15,930 · fundraising $7,965
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,101 · management and general $3,101
-
23 · Insurance
total $24,784 · program services $18,836 · management and general $3,965 · fundraising $1,983
-
24a · Other expenses: LEASE EXPENSE
total $139,747 · program services $111,797 · management and general $16,770 · fundraising $11,180
-
24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $21,435 · program services $16,967 · management and general $2,667 · fundraising $1,801
-
24e · All other expenses
total $14,835 · program services $8,142 · management and general $1,922 · fundraising $4,771
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,367,859 · end of year $4,597,988
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $70,048 · end of year $192,023
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $65,151 · end of year $178,598
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $26,323 · end of year $32,526
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$290,560
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$36,675
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $63,203 · end of year $253,885
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $13,876 · end of year $13,876
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $179,758 · end of year $324,256
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $649,579 · end of year $1,319,374
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,920,456 · end of year $2,225,854
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,856,667 · end of year $1,399,412
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
MEDIA EDUCATION ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING CIVIC INFORMATION TO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF CHICAGO, FACILITATING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AROUND JOURNALISM AND MEDIA, AND DEVELOPING AND TESTING NEW MODELS OF CIVIC JOURNALISM
-
CONTINUED GROWTH OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMED AT INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT CIVIC ISSUES THROUGH JOURNALISM AND MEDIA TRAINING.4 EMERGING JOURNALISTS PARTICIPATED IN INTENSIVE TRAINING IN COMMUNITY REPORTING PRACTICES. TRAINED 275 RESIDENTS AS DOCUMENTERS TO TAKE NOTES AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. FACILITATED 487 DOCUMENTERS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDING COVERAGE OF 334 LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. HOSTED 23 FREE WORKSHOPS SERVING 471 INDIVIDUALS. CONSULTED WITH MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ON PARTICIPATORY JOURNALISM PRACTICES. SUPPORTED PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN LAUNCHING DOCUMENTERS PARTICIPATORY MEDIA PROGRAM IN DALLAS, PHILADELPHIA, GRAND RAPIDS, INDIANAPOLIS, AKRON, SPOKANE AND SAN DIEGO.
Expenses $3,002,680
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Harry BacklundHARRY BACKLUND
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $128,246
- From this org
- $128,246
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Bettina ChangBETTINA CHANG
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $122,190
- From this org
- $122,190
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Darryl HollidayDARRYL HOLLIDAY
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $114,009
- From this org
- $114,009
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Tiana Epps-JohnsonTIANA EPPS-JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hilesh PatelHILESH PATEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Akili LeeAKILI LEE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe GermuskaJOE GERMUSKA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheila SolomonSHEILA SOLOMON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicco MeleNICCO MELE
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 9 September 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202442539349300544
Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.
The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.