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Chicago Public Media Inc.

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on November 14, 2019.

848 E Grand Ave Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Chicago Public Media Inc. (EIN: 36-3687394) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, Chicago Public Media Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 12 out of 202 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $233,778. The highest compensated employee at Chicago Public Media Inc. is Golnar Sheikholeslami with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $546,630.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$33,719,809

Expenses

$29,158,839

Employee compensation

$15,831,357
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Golnar Sheikholeslami
Chief Executive Officer
$546,630
$528,351 No related comp$18,279
Steven C Edwards
Chief Content Officer
$258,169
$234,746 No related comp$23,423
Kassandra Stephenson
Chief Marketing Officer
$253,476
$237,986 No related comp$15,490
Jennifer Bell
Vice President, Development
$247,470
$217,920 No related comp$29,550
Rina Dedhia
Vice President, Finance
$236,452
$207,750 No related comp$28,702
Cynthia P Abbott
Assist. Secretary; Vice President General Counsel
$232,340
$206,037 No related comp$26,303
Israel Smith
Managing Director, Programming, Audience Develop.
$205,908
$185,295 No related comp$20,613
Jenifer Surma
Vice President, Human Resources
$203,311
$185,185 No related comp$18,126
Beth Follenweider
Director of Business Intelligence
$181,554
$160,209 No related comp$21,345
Heidi Goldfein
Program Director
$155,468
$129,618 No related comp$25,850
Barbara Mousigian
Vice President, Digital
$151,178
$146,293 No related comp$4,885
Kendra Waddington
Development Director
$133,382
$130,878 No related comp$2,504

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Albert Bennett Until 91019
Director
Bob Arthur
Director
Bryan Traubert
Board Chair
Constantine S Mihas
Treasurer
Dilnaz Wairach
Director
Grace B Hou Until 31519
Vice Chair
Howard Conant Jr
Director
James N Perry Jr
Director
James W Mabie
Director
Jay L Kloosterboer
Director
Julian Posada
Director
Kay W McCurdy
Director

Contractors

Market Enginuity
Underwriting Account Executives
$1,652,379
Globant
Digital Consulting
$212,091
Jones Day
Legal
$205,647
Two By Four
Consulting
$139,745
Caxy Consulting LLC
Consulting
$135,000

Mission Statement

CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH INDEPENDENT LOCAL JOURNALISM. CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA PRODUCES ACCESSIBLE, TRUSTED NEWS, INFORMATION AND PROGRAMMING THAT HELPS ALL CHICAGO AREA RESIDENTS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS EVERY DAY, PARTICIPATE IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE THE MOST OF OUR REGION.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 17, 2025:
2025 Chicago Public Media Inc. 990 filed
November 15, 2024:
2024 Chicago Public Media Inc. 990 filed
November 13, 2023:
2023 Chicago Public Media Inc. 990 filed

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