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Chicago Public Media Inc

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 36-3687394 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1994

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 60.0 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 5,209 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.37.9 months41
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.54
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.82% from one source27
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.73.2%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.20not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$35.62M$27.10M$8.52M$85.56M37.9180C
Jun 2024Form 990$33.75M$30.10M$3.66M$74.98M29.9200C
Jun 2023Form 990$38.70M$29.95M$8.75M$67.07M26.9210C
Jun 2022Form 990$32.29M$28.48M$3.81M$57.22M24.1187C
Jun 2021Form 990$37.25M$27.25M$10.00M$62.12M27.4180C
Jun 2019Form 990$33.72M$29.16M$4.56M$48.51M20.0202B
Jun 2018Form 990$34.68M$26.20M$8.48M$42.59M19.5182C
Jun 2017Form 990$25.77M$24.05M$1.72M$33.55M16.7172B
Jun 2016Form 990$25.30M$21.81M$3.49M$30.07M16.5189B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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