Program areas at Free Spirit Media NFP
Creative Pathways - Workforce development program for 18-to-25 year-olds. It offers 240 program hours each year, including advanced media making seminars, industry workshops specific to film, TV, and online media, an apprenticeship culminating in completion/premiere of a youth-directed film, career mentoring, job shadowing, and an advanced production cohort that executes contracts for professional work.
Place-Based Programs - All FSM mediamakers participate in intergenerationally-ledcommunity workshops such as public screenings/discussions, community dinners andcollaborative art making events that allow for connection of individual practice to larger community power-building efforts.
Teen Media - Engages Youth 14-18 in development of core visual storytelling proficiencies. Programs are scaffolded and include instruction in storytelling, scripting, editing, camerawork, audio engineering, performance, industry vocabulary, and critical media literacy.
Who funds Free Spirit Media NFP
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Free Spirit Media NFP
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Aurora Toshiko King | Executive Director | $106,083 | 2024-10-21 |
| Alex Herrera | Director of Programs and Partnerships | | 2024-10-21 |
| Crislin Christian-Frazier | Operations and Communications Manager | | 2024-10-21 |
| Danielshe Rodgers | She Teen Program Manager | | 2023-08-23 |
| Justus White | Program Manager | | 2024-10-21 |
| ...and 12 more key personnel |
Financials for Free Spirit Media NFP
| Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $819,486 | $978,868 | -16.3% |
| Program services | $128,494 | $131,773 | -2.5% |
| Investment income and dividends | $1,962 | $1,612 | 21.7% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $570 | -100% |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $8 | $630 | -98.7% |
| Total revenues | $949,950 | $1,113,453 | -14.7% |
Organizations like Free Spirit Media NFP
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| Minnesota Motion Picture and Television Board | 501(c)(3) | Minneapolis, MN | $1,078,502 |
| Pacific Islanders in Communications | 501(c)(3) | Honolulu, HI | $1,912,512 |
| OTV Open Television | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $1,004,042 |
| Sable Media | 501(c)(3) | Sacramento, CA | $1,307,568 |
| CCX Media | 501(c)(3) | Brooklyn Park, MN | $4,301,160 |
| Makauila | 501(c)(3) | Honolulu, HI | $1,186,958 |
| Center for Improving Youth Justice | 501(c)(3) | Braintree, MA | $2,235,143 |
| Mountain Lake PBS | 501(c)(3) | Plattsburgh, NY | $2,426,055 |
| Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) | 501(c)(3) | Fresno, CA | $2,001,764 |
| Concord Community TV | 501(c)(3) | Concord, NH | $339,601 |
Data update history
October 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $30,000 from Polk Bros Foundation July 13, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $2,000 from The Tarko Foundation June 4, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsTelevision producers / broadcastersCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHuman servicesChildren
Characteristics
Receives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 906 S Homan Ave
- Chicago, IL 60624
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- County
- Cook County, IL
- Website URL
- freespiritmedia.org/Â
- Phone
- (312) 444-0562
IRS details
- EIN
- 36-4456215
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2001
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A32: Television
- NAICS code, primary
- 512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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