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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,572,648
Total expenses
$1,321,172
Contributions and grants received
$859,365
Grants paid
$89,008
Program service revenue
$713,058
Investment income
$225
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$249,290
Total liabilities, end of year
$686,563
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$437,273
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$964,073
Management and general expenses
$342,886
Fundraising expenses
$14,213
Program service expenses (Part III)
$964,073

Program services were 73.0% 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

    $859,365

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND EVENTS

    total $713,058 · related or exempt $713,058

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $225 · related or exempt $225

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $89,008 · program services $89,008

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $207,650 · program services $141,202 · management and general $66,448

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $207,417 · program services $141,043 · management and general $66,374

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,714 · program services $71,886 · management and general $33,828

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $101,830 · program services $17,881 · management and general $83,949

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,650 · program services $13,590 · management and general $6,060

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $106,983 · program services $106,983

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,214 · program services $34,919 · management and general $37,295

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,592 · program services $62,592

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,473 · management and general $14,473

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,071 · management and general $1,071

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,147 · management and general $4,147

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT RELATED

    total $92,249 · program services $92,249

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUCTION

    total $65,913 · program services $65,913

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER RELATED

    total $22,322 · management and general $22,322

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,939 · program services $26,807 · management and general $6,919 · fundraising $14,213

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,945 · end of year $122,277

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $5,701

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

    $2,142

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,631 · end of year $3,559

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $10,368

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $38,774 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $269,026 · end of year $113,086

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,741 · end of year $231,382

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $459,700 · end of year $454,610

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $484,725 · end of year $571

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$688,790 · end of year -$437,273

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO IMPACT SOCIETY THROUGH THE POWERFUL TOOLS OF MEDIA AND FILM. WE ARE A RESOURCE FOR UNITING INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN MEDIA AND DEVELOPING A CORE GROUP OF INFORMED CITIZENS.

  • COMMUNITY EVENTS - CMP CURATES THE BEST NONFICTION MEDIA AND BRINGS IT TO CHICAGO AND BEYOND-THROUGH OUR PARTNERS IN ADVOCACY SCREENINGS, OUR DOC 10 FILM FESTIVAL AND OUR DOC 5 FILM FESTIVAL.10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT.

    Expenses $537,554 · Grants $53,509 · Revenue $811,710

  • WE PROVIDE EXCLUSIVE HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT FROM THE IMPACT MEDIA LANDSCAPE AND IN-DEPTH, BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS TO FILMS, FILMMAKERS AND PROGRAMMERS TO OUR MEMBERS IN A SOCIAL SETTING.

    Expenses $337,511

  • FILM FUNDING CMPS SHIFTING VOICES FILM FUND SUPPORTS STORIES THAT SPOTLIGHT HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED CULTURES, HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA.

    Expenses $89,008 · Grants $89,008

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paula Froehle

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $199,680
    From this org
    $177,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,030
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,650
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,887
    Filer's total
    $199,680
  • Samantha C Verhey

    COS&DIR OF MEM.

    Total calculated
    $114,149
    From this org
    $109,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,824
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steven Cohen

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Daniel O Ash

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Danson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vicky Hayman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben O'Keefe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judy Wise

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ken Nolan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Schwertfeger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elena Valentine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423129349303487

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