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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC

EIN 87-4304197 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$31,360,570
Expenses 2024
$38,097,953

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

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
848 E GRAND AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $31,360,570
    Expenses
    $38,097,953
    Contributions
    $5,060,397
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $31,360,570
    Expenses
    $38,097,953
    Contributions
    $5,060,397
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $39,459,588
    Expenses
    $40,587,320
    Contributions
    $11,188,146
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,381,982
    Expenses
    $38,665,217
    Contributions
    $10,330,920
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.