Public Charity

CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE is a Public Charity headquartered in OAKLAND, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $5.3M revenue, $5.1M expenses, $1.5M total assets. 66 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 843448887 OAKLAND, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.3M
Total Expenses$5.1M
Total Assets$1.5M
Grant Records66
Funding Total$7.6M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Cityside Journalism Initiative (Cityside) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization committed to building community through local journalism. Cityside provides readers with fact-driven, nonpartisan, informative reporting that seeks to reflect the diversity and complexity of the communities it serves. Cityside operates three newsrooms, Berkeleyside, The Oaklandside and Richmondside, to provide local journalism in these cities.

Sample Grants Received

2024
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
$455,375
$350,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$327,510
2024
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$317,019
2024
FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
$77,750

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Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF EVENTS Becki Couch-Alvarado
DIRECTOR Candice Fortman
VP, CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS Colleen Leary
AUDIT CO CHAIR Emily Ramshaw
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Erica Kesel
DIRECTOR Evelyn Nussenbaum

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Top Grant Purposes

TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
$2,836,250 6 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$2,342,493 6 grants
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
$585,000 4 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$384,501 7 grants
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$376,425 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.3M $5.1M $1.5M
2023 $3.8M $4.2M $1.2M
2022 $4.2M $4.2M $1.5M
2021 $3.7M $3.7M $1.5M
2020 $2.6M $1.9M $1.6M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.6M to $5.3M (+102%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5M.

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