CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT (EIN 46-5739978)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201733199349313853
Schema version: 2016v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T14:57:45-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MARCUM LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	NINE PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	DEERFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60015	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	465739978	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	CHIC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7738484263	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	301 WEST GRAND AVENUE Suite 170	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60654	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN COHEN	PersonNm
Person Title	BOARD CHAIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3125856277	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-04-21	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BARRY N BURCHEL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00810145	PTIN
Phone	8472826300	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	167.68.126.113	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	STEVEN COHEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60654	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$542,734	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
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Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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Activity Or Mission	TO IMPACT SOCIETY THROUGH THE POWERFUL TOOLS OF MEDIA AND FILM. WE ARE A RESOURCE FOR UNITING INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN MEDIA AND DEVELOPING A CORE GROUP OF INFORMED CITIZENS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Volunteers	6	TotalVolunteersCnt
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CY Total Revenue	$521,047	CYTotalRevenueAmt
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CY Grants And Similar Paid	$53,250	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Other Expenses	$155,468	CYOtherExpensesAmt
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CY Total Expenses	$372,235	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$154,721	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$148,812	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$65,132	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$204,658	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$191,431	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$182,145	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$126,299	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$22,513	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$215,366	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Throughout the year, CMP hosts Dinner and Docs, Big Table Dinners, and CMP @ Sundance. The organization launched the first documentary-only festival in Chicago called Doc10 and created four distinct film initiatives: Homegrown Chicago, the Justice Initiative, the Kitchen Table, and the High School Initiative. CMP has doubled our initial goal for membership and brought in audiences of over 1,000 community members to various screenings and public-facing events. CMP has represented at international events including Good Pitch Australia, Story Money Impact in British Columbia and HotDocs in Toronto. Locally, CMP has developed strong partnerships and demonstrated support for Kartemquin Films, the Kindling Group and Community Cinema.	Desc
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Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
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Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
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Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
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Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
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Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
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Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
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Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
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Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT	PersonNm
Phone	3125856277	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	301 WEST GRAND AVENUE SUITE 170	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60654	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
STEVEN COHEN
BOARD CHAIR	20.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAULA FROEHLE
CEO	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$109,500	$0	$0
ANDREW SCHWERTFEGER
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BETSY STEINBERG
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEN PELLETIER
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEATHER BOLLINGER
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS PATINKIN
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SALLY ARMBRUSTER
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
YVONNE LEE
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JASON LEE
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATTHEW SORACI
DIRECTOR	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

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Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
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Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
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Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$156,215	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$352,114	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$508,329	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$148	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$148	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$34,257	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
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Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,570	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$148	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$97,530	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,970	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,425	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,419	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,006	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,592	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,592	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,300	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,300	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,272	TotalAmt
Management And General	$30,272	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,144	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,144	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,213	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,055	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,055	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,819	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,819	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,904	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,904	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,706	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,706	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$980	TotalAmt
Management And General	$980	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES	$6,314	$6,314
OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICES	$31,679	$31,679
SUPPLIES	$2,198	$2,198
PRINTING EXPENSE	$1,612	$1,612

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,772	TotalAmt
Program Services	$852	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,584	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$336	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$372,235	TotalAmt
Program Services	$215,366	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$156,533	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$336	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,134	BOYAmt
EOY	$167,042	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,616	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,000	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,132	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,658	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,982	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,193	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,753	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$114,949	BOYAmt
EOY	$109,199	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$191,431	BOYAmt
EOY	$182,145	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$126,299	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,513	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$126,299	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,513	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,132	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,658	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$148,812	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$512,683	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$508,329	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,091,751	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$512,683	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$508,329	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,091,751	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$293,688	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$798,063	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$148	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$148	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$300	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$12,570	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,870	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,104,769	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$91,300	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS	Desc
Amt	$109,199	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$109,199	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$542,734	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$21,687	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$21,687	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$521,047	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$521,047	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$393,922	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$21,687	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$21,687	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$372,235	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$372,235	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART XI & XII, LINE 2D	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES: $21,687	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	DOC10	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$34,257	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$0	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$34,257	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$4,000	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$8,448	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$9,239	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Events Total	0	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total	$34,257	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$0	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$34,257	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$4,000	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$8,448	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$9,239	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$21,687	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$12,570	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
PO BOX 684429	PARK CITY	UT	84068	870361394	501(C)(3)	$20,000	FILMMAKING
Points North Institute
PO Box 836	CamdeN	ME	04843	451622247	501(C)(3)	$6,000	FILMMAKING

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	2	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	4	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	FILMMAKING GRANTS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	2	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$15,000	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS: THE BOARD IS INVOLVED IN THE CHOOSING OF WHICH ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES REGULAR UPDATES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS. THE ORGANIZATION IS IMPLEMENTING A MORE FORMAL PROCEDURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN COHEN	PersonNm
Relationship With Org	BOARD CHAIR	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	GENERAL	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan To Organization	Yes (X)	LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$50,000	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$64,753	BalanceDueAmt
Default	false	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (true)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	Yes (true)	WrittenAgreementInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$64,753	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	Steven and Paula are each officers of Chicago Media Project and also greater than 10% owners in the same investment entity. Jason and Yvonne are husband and wife.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN DISCLOSURE.
PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	The board of directors establish the CEOs salary annually based on performance and comparable industry data.