Public Charity

CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE is a Public Charity headquartered in OAKLAND, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.0M revenue, $4.9M expenses, $2.6M total assets. 72 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 843448887 OAKLAND, CA Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.0M
Total Expenses$4.9M
Total Assets$2.6M
Grant Records72
Funding Total$8.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Where $100 goes at Cityside Journalism Initiative

How Cityside Journalism Initiative divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
EDITORIAL
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$323,500
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

Showing up to 5 of 72 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

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

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation
$2,836,250 6 grants
Arts & Culture
$2,663,733 13 grants
General Support
$1,861,152 41 grants
Human & Social Services
$595,000 5 grants
Education
$21,250 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.0M $4.9M $2.6M
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

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.7M to $6.0M (+64%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.6M.

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