Program areas at Public Media Institute
BUDDY - Offers a shop committed to giving artists and small manufacturers in Chicago a place to showcase and sell their goods and artworks to a vast audience of Chicagoans and visitors at the Chicago Cultural Center.
LUMPEN MEDIA - The program is a small-scale online television and 24/7 radio station complete with a camera crew and stage set to provide opportunities for artists to produce and air original moving image artworks. The station is a hub for local, multilingual storytelling for communities on Chicago South's Side and beyond.
MDW - Its an annual program to convene artists and arts organizations from the Midwest to connect and exchange ideas. The program includes an art fair, also known as the MdW Assembly, an online publication called the MdW Atlas, and a series of trips to various sites in the Midwest called the MdW Drifts.
Grants made by Public Media Institute
Who funds Public Media Institute
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Public Media Institute
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Nick Wylie | Managing Director | | 2024-05-01 |
| Jamie Trecker | Operations Director | | 2023-06-02 |
| Stephanie Manriquez | Lumpen Radio Director, Communities Amplified Director | | 2024-05-01 |
| Brandon Alvendia | Technical Director | | 2024-05-01 |
| S.y. Lim | Programming Director | | 2024-05-01 |
| ...and 12 more key personnel |
Financials for Public Media Institute
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $571,386 | $873,339 | -34.6% |
| Program services | $290,789 | $192,167 | 51.3% |
| Investment income and dividends | $0 | $0 | - |
| 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 | $6,315 | $20,225 | -68.8% |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $13,619 | $15,080 | -9.7% |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $267 | $1,373 | -80.6% |
| Total revenues | $882,376 | $1,102,184 | -19.9% |
Organizations like Public Media Institute
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| The AJA Project | 501(c)(3) | San Diego, CA | $507,432 |
| Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center | 501(c)(3) | Urbana, IL | $842,644 |
| Youth Documentary Academy | 501(c)(3) | Colorado Springs, CO | $484,546 |
| Storyline | 501(c)(3) | Brooklyn, NY | $564,007 |
| Microbetv | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $638,881 |
| BY Kids | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $514,730 |
| New Media Advocacy Project | 501(c)(3) | Hudson, NY | $724,381 |
| Headfirst Arts and Media | 501(c)(3) | El Cerrito, CA | $480,758 |
| The Freedom Archives | 501(c)(3) | Berkeley, CA | $298,773 |
| Foundation for American Content and Entertainment | 501(c)(3) | Farmington Hills, MI | $1,467,055 |
Data update history
May 1, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 10 new personnel
January 14, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMedia and communications organizationsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedFundraising eventsReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 3219 S Morgan St
- Chicago, IL 60608
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- County
- Cook County, IL
- Website URL
- publicmediainstitute.com/Â
- Phone
- (773) 837-0145
IRS details
- EIN
- 20-2448077
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2000
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A30: Media, Communications Organizations
- NAICS code, primary
- 512110: Motion Picture and Video Production
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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