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← CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,752,486
Total expenses
$30,095,463
Contributions and grants received
$28,166,867
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,879,483
Investment income
$3,330,054
Other revenue
$376,082
Total assets, end of year
$115,918,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,939,608
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$74,979,080
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,663,752
Management and general expenses
$3,980,855
Fundraising expenses
$6,450,856
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,663,752

Program services were 65.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • PIYUSH CHAUDHARI TO 923

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ROBERT PASIN BEG 923

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ADRIENNE KING BEG 923

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 1.25 related

  • DILNAZ A WARAICH TO 1123

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • RAYMOND E CROSSMANPHD

    SECRETARY (BEG. 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • NIVINE MEGAHED PHD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ROBERT AGUILAR BEG 623

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • MARCY CARLIN TO 823

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • HOWARD CONANT JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • THOMAS FISHER JR MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • WILLIAM A GEE IV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • KIMBERLEY GOODE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • BRUCE HEYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ROGER HOCHSCHILD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • LERRY J KNOX JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 1.25 related

  • CHARLES LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • LISA MORRISON BUTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • SYLVIA NEIL TO 623

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • KEDRA NEWSOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • JULIAN POSADA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • PAUL RAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • MATT RICHARDSON BEG 623

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • BILL RUDNICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • BERNARDO SICHEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • JESSICA SIEJA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • DAVID SINSKI BEG 923

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ELIZABETH THOMPSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • LAURA VAN PEENAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • ANDREA WISHOM BEG 623

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • MATTHEW MOOG

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $722,861
    From this org
    $685,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,094
    Hours/week
    21 + 19 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $487,811
    Bonus
    $197,956
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,894
    Filer's total
    $722,861

  • RINA DEDHIA

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $410,788
    From this org
    $372,453
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,335
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,453
    Bonus
    $57,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,135
    Filer's total
    $410,788

  • CYNTHIA PHOTOS ABBOTT

    VP, GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $332,557
    From this org
    $303,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,297
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,260
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,308
    Filer's total
    $332,557

  • LUCY KIM

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $384,487
    From this org
    $351,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,441
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,046
    Bonus
    $42,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,041
    Filer's total
    $384,487

  • TRACY BROWN

    CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $340,044
    From this org
    $320,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,986
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,058
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,867
    Filer's total
    $340,044

  • CELESTE LECOMPTE

    CHIEF AUDIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $292,463
    From this org
    $265,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,723
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,240
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,415
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,308
    Filer's total
    $292,463

  • ELIZABETH BERGER

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $228,930
    From this org
    $197,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,905
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,025
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,774
    Filer's total
    $228,930

  • STEPHEN WRIGHT

    VP OF TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $266,032
    From this org
    $248,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,739
    Hours/week
    33 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,293
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,868
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,871
    Filer's total
    $266,032

  • DEBRA CHAMRA

    VP OF ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $243,959
    From this org
    $218,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,114
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,845
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,065
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,049
    Filer's total
    $243,959

  • AMY WIELUNSKI

    VP OF MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $197,459
    From this org
    $182,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,191
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,768
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,738
    Filer's total
    $197,459

  • HEIDI GOLDFEIN

    VP OF PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $201,527
    From this org
    $170,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,724
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,771
    Filer's total
    $201,527

  • ARIEL VAN CLEAVE

    MANAGING EDITOR, AUDIO NEWS

    Total calculated
    $158,547
    From this org
    $145,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,458
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,089
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,835
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,623
    Filer's total
    $158,547

  • VALERIE TONEY PARKER TO 1122

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $116,790
    From this org
    $112,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,290
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $112,500
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,290
    Filer's total
    $116,790

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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)

PART I, LINE 4A
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN 2023: VALERIE TONEY PARKER: $116,790
PART I, LINE 7
SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE BONUSES ARE CONTINGENT ON REACHING REVENUE AND NET EARNINGS TARGETS. BONUSES ARE APPROVED WITH DISCRETION BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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 SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDING NEWS AND INFORMATION TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CPR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDER · IL · income $168,496 · assets $1,857,755

    Directly controlled by CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC

  • MEDIA CHICAGO LLC

    TO INVEST IN AND DEVELOP NEW MEDIA AND OTHER PROPERTY · IL · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349304484

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