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← CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 12 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,360,570
Total expenses
$38,097,953
Contributions and grants received
$5,060,397
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,988,184
Investment income
$50,711
Other revenue
$261,278
Total assets, end of year
$24,350,233
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,449,826
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,900,407
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,655,590
Management and general expenses
$3,906,495
Fundraising expenses
$3,535,868
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,655,590

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MATTHEW MOOG

    PRESIDENT - THRU 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $943,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $904,910
    Other
    $38,565
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $407,378 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $240,188 related
    Other
    $0 + $257,344 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,765 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $943,475 related

  • MELISSA BELL

    PRESIDENT - BEG. 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $190,787
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,922
    Other
    $5,865
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $184,922 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,865 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $190,787 related

  • ADRIENNE KING

    BOARD CHAIR (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3 + 1.3 related

  • ARETAE ORTIZ WYLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • KRISTEN MACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • LAURA VAN PEENAN

    DIRECTOR (BEG 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • LERRY J KNOX JR

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3 + 1.3 related

  • NIVINE MEGAHED PHD

    BOARD CHAIR (BEG 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • CYNTHIA PHOTOS ABBOTT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $379,789
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $349,975
    Other
    $29,814
    Hours/week
    16 + 24 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $279,975 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $70,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,160 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,654 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $379,789 related

  • DEBRA CHAMRA

    TREASURER - BEG. 03/2025

    Total calculated
    $250,465
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $225,296
    Other
    $25,169
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,296 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,336 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,833 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $250,465 related

  • RINA DEDHIA

    TREASURER - THRU 02/2025

    Total calculated
    $440,734
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $402,877
    Other
    $37,857
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $332,877 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $70,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,057 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $440,734 related

  • BRIAN M WATSON

    CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $281,614
    From this org
    $274,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,510
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,777
    Filer's total
    $281,614

  • JENNIFER J KHO KRUPNICK

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $310,269
    From this org
    $288,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,668
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,601
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,678
    Filer's total
    $310,269

  • CRISTINA ESCOBEDO

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $192,301
    From this org
    $181,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,101
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,312
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,888
    Filer's total
    $192,301

  • DAVID L NEWBART

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $175,026
    From this org
    $163,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,861
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,165
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,561
    Filer's total
    $175,026

  • FRAN STONE

    CITY HALL REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $156,257
    From this org
    $155,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,248
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,009
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,248
    Filer's total
    $156,257

  • KAITLYN JAKOLA

    EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,961
    From this org
    $168,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,538
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $938
    Filer's total
    $171,961

  • LYNN D SWEET

    WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $190,382
    From this org
    $179,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,640
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,334
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,306
    Filer's total
    $190,382

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
AS INDICATED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER RECEIVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS OF CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA, INC., ("CSTM") THE CEO OF CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA ("CPM") SERVES EX OFFICIO AS THE PRESIDENT OF CSTM. THE PRESIDENT IS PAID BY CPM AND COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED BY THE CPM COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE CSTM BOARD DID NOT REVIEW OR APPROVE THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION. THE CSTM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMPRISED OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE ADEQUACY AND REASONABLENESS OF THE COMPENSATION OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF CSTM. THE PROCESS INCLUDED REVIEW OF A REPORT PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ANALYZING COMPENSATION DATA FROM COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HIRES AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO PREPARE THE ABOVE MENTIONED REPORT EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS. THE REPORT IS UPDATED ANNUALLY. THE DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE BOARD REGARDING COMPENSATION ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD'S MEETING MINUTES. THE BOARD MEETS ANNUALLY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE SENIOR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC

    501(c)(3) · SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY DELIVERING DIVERSE, COMPELLING CONTENT · IL

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202503459349301030

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