Public Charity

FREE SPIRIT MEDIA NFP

FREE SPIRIT MEDIA NFP, of CHICAGO, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.4M in revenue, $1.1M in expenses, $1.1M in total assets. 31 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 364456215 CHICAGO, IL Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$1.1M
Total Assets$1.1M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$1.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Free Spirit Medias mission is to partner with young storytellers to transform media and society. Free Spirit Media partners with young storytellers, ages 11-25 and primarily from the west and south sides of Chicago, to develop and amplifytheir unique and critical voices through storytelling and media arts. We do this through our holistic creative youth development programming which focuses on community-building, skill-sharing and career and education pathways that support young people to envision and build their futures as artists and within the media industry and beyond.

Sample Grants Received

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
2024
CHARITABLE DONATION
$50,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$50,000
NCRC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND INC
2023
ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS
$65,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
2023
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$12,000
The Chicago Community Trust
2022
General Operating Support, To support community building through social justice training and creative community suppers.
$22,500

Showing up to 5 of 31 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Executive Dir. Aurora Toshiko King
Secretary Eric Schnabel
Chair Katie Green
Vice Chair Keith Jamerson
Treasurer Meg Hayes

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

See attached.
$333,170 1 grant
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$299,790 2 grants
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$148,000 1 grant
TO SUPPORT MATCH YOUR SPIRIT, TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$137,500 1 grant
SUPPORT EXEMPT MISSION
$105,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $1.1M $1.1M
2024 $964K $945K $798K
2023 $950K $864K $849K
2022 $1.1M $1.3M $719K
2021 $1.3M $2.0M $1.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $1.4M (+5%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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