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← BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,658,944
Total expenses
$2,440,100
Contributions and grants received
$3,384,174
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,260,837
Investment income
$276
Other revenue
$13,657
Total assets, end of year
$3,912,831
Total liabilities, end of year
$601,860
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,310,971
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,049,514
Management and general expenses
$328,012
Fundraising expenses
$62,574
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,049,514

Program services were 84.0% 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

    $3,384,174

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE

    total $1,110,438 · related or exempt $1,110,438

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUES

    total $96,399 · unrelated business $96,399

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BROADCAST APPEARANCE R

    total $54,000 · related or exempt $54,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $276 · related or exempt $276

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $35,588

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $28,381

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,207 · related or exempt $7,207

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,450 · related or exempt $6,450

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,756,495 · program services $1,580,845 · management and general $122,955 · fundraising $52,695

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,459 · program services $102,113 · management and general $7,942 · fundraising $3,404

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $138,856 · program services $124,970 · management and general $9,720 · fundraising $4,166

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,954 · program services $54,612 · management and general $75,342

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,997 · program services $19,997

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,905 · program services $46,815 · management and general $4,090

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,866 · program services $40,379 · management and general $3,141 · fundraising $1,346

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,648 · management and general $6,648

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,844 · program services $16,098 · management and general $3,209 · fundraising $537

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $94,093 · management and general $94,093

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAVEL AND MEETING EXPE

    total $26,285 · program services $26,285

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $15,573 · program services $15,573

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $12,300 · program services $11,070 · management and general $861 · fundraising $369

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,825 · program services $10,757 · management and general $11 · fundraising $57

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $553,531 · end of year $491,739

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,000,015 · end of year $2,000,099

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,000 · end of year $1,360,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,840 · end of year $17,265

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,027 · end of year $12,400

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $39,186

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $13,896

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,874 · end of year $25,290

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,038 · end of year $6,038

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,542 · end of year $88,557

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $473,656 · end of year $513,303

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $565,864 · end of year $674,717

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $526,263 · end of year $2,636,254

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO IS A NONPROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DELIVERING RELIABLE, NONPARTISAN AND ESSENTIAL COVERAGE OF CHICAGO'S DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

  • BLOCK CLUB IS THE MOST PROLIFIC HYPERLOCAL NEWS OPERATION IN THE CHICAGO AREA. WE'VE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 15,000 STORIES ON CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS, COVERED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SEND OUR NEWSLETTER OUT TO MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE DAILY.BLOCK CLUB BELIEVES ALL NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE TO BE COVERED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. WE AMPLIFY POSITIVE STORIES, SHOW UP TO DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SERVE AS WATCHDOG IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OFTEN OSTRACIZED BY TRADITIONAL NEWS MEDIA.OUR REPORTERS DON'T PARACHUTE IN ONCE TO COVER A STORY. THEY ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY COVER EVERY DAY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS OVER TIME WITH NEIGHBORS. WE BELIEVE THIS GROUND-LEVEL APPROACH NOT ONLY BUILDS COMMUNITY BUT LEADS TO A MORE ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF A NEIGHBORHOODS.

    Expenses $2,049,514 · Revenue $1,178,371

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Washington

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brant Houston

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dan Israelite

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Charles F Whitaker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shamus Toomey

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $139,962
    From this org
    $139,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Sabella

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $140,465
    From this org
    $140,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephanie Norine Lulay

    MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $131,486
    From this org
    $131,486
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343149349304884

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