Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,194,646
- Total expenses
- $3,865,946
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,739,480
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,377,211
- Investment income
- $65,944
- Other revenue
- $12,011
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,312,244
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $650,716
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,661,528
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,873,315
- Management and general expenses
- $677,127
- Fundraising expenses
- $315,504
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,873,315
Program services were 74.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,739,480
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2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE
total $1,138,919 · related or exempt $1,138,919
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2b · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUES
total $184,292 · unrelated business $184,292
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2c · Program service revenue: BROADCAST APPEARANCE R
total $54,000 · related or exempt $54,000
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3 · Investment income
total $65,944 · related or exempt $65,944
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$22,280
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$10,269
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $12,011 · related or exempt $12,011
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,631,020 · program services $1,973,265 · management and general $394,653 · fundraising $263,102
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $178,853 · program services $134,140 · management and general $26,828 · fundraising $17,885
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $209,798 · program services $157,348 · management and general $31,470 · fundraising $20,980
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11b · Fees: legal
total $24,590 · management and general $24,590
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,288 · management and general $30,288
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11g · Fees: other
total $295,028 · program services $253,177 · management and general $41,851
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $50,347 · program services $50,347
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13 · Office expenses
total $55,942 · program services $40,329 · management and general $15,613
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16 · Occupancy
total $68,401 · program services $51,301 · management and general $10,260 · fundraising $6,840
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $19,521 · management and general $19,521
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23 · Insurance
total $23,220 · program services $17,415 · management and general $3,483 · fundraising $2,322
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24a · Other expenses: TECHNOLOGY AND SUBSCRIP
total $101,409 · program services $101,409
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24b · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE
total $76,816 · management and general $76,816
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT
total $37,612 · program services $37,612
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24d · Other expenses: TRAVEL AND MEETING EXPE
total $14,579 · program services $14,579
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24e · All other expenses
total $48,522 · program services $42,393 · management and general $1,754 · fundraising $4,375
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $491,739 · end of year $390,879
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,000,099 · end of year $496,072
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,360,000 · end of year $384,066
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $17,265 · end of year $21,590
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $12,400 · end of year $70,915
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$94,304
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$33,417
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $25,290 · end of year $60,887
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,881,797
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $6,038 · end of year $6,038
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $88,557 · end of year $138,564
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $513,303 · end of year $512,152
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $674,717 · end of year $900,975
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,636,254 · end of year $1,760,553
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO IS A NONPROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DELIVERING RELIABLE, NONPARTISAN AND ESSENTIAL COVERAGE OF CHICAGO'S DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
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BLOCK CLUB IS THE MOST PROLIFIC HYPERLOCAL NEWS OPERATION IN THE CHICAGO AREA. WE'VE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 25,000 STORIES ON CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS, COVERED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SEND OUR NEWSLETTER OUT TO MORE THAN 112,000 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 $2,873,315 · Revenue $1,270,874
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Laura WashingtonLAURA WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $2,000
- From this org
- $2,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Brant HoustonBRANT HOUSTON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dan IsraeliteDAN ISRAELITE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Charles F WhitakerCHARLES F WHITAKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Shamus ToomeySHAMUS TOOMEY
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- Total calculated
- $156,002
- From this org
- $156,002
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,002
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $156,002
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Jennifer SabellaJENNIFER SABELLA
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY
- Total calculated
- $155,942
- From this org
- $155,942
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $155,942
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $155,942
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Stephanie Norine LulaySTEPHANIE NORINE LULAY
MANAGING EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $146,354
- From this org
- $146,354
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 12 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202443179349307889
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