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CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

EIN: 84-3448887Oakland, CAZIP: 94612
A30 - Arts, Culture & Humanities501(c)(3)

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.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$5.3M$0$1.5M
2023$3.8M$0$1.2M

Compensation

2024

COLLEEN LEARY
Vp, Client Partnerships
vice president
$127,897
$70,475
$0
$211,137
ERICA KESEL
Senior Director of Development
chief development officer
$171,135
$0
$0
$176,993
LANCE KNOBEL
President & CEO
chief executive officer
$155,668
$213
$0
$163,512
TANZEEM PAGHDIWALA
Treas, Eic, So
officer (unspecified)
$154,382
$0
$0
$160,667
TRACEY TAYLOR
Secy & Chief Co
officer (unspecified)
$135,758
$0
$0
$151,186
PAMELA LEWIS TURNTINE
Editor in Chief
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$147,151
BECKI COUCH-ALVARADO
Director of Events
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$117,930
JACOB SIMAS
Dir Com Journalism
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$115,751
SARAH LEE
Director of People
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$115,550
FRANCISCO NIETO
Dir Product & Plat
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$115,330
SUSAN STUTZMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL OLSON
Board Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARTIN REYNOLDS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
LISA ARMSTRONG
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CANDICE FORTMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
EVELYN NUSSENBAUM
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
EMILY RAMSHAW
Audit Co Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
STACEY ZOLT HARA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2023

COLLEEN LEARY
Vp, Client Ptps
vice president
$233,922
$0
$0
$247,673
LANCE KNOBEL
President & CEO
chief executive officer
$170,546
$0
$0
$178,628
TANZEEM PAGHDIWALA
Treasurer, Eic
chief financial officer
$167,557
$0
$0
$174,315
TRACEY TAYLOR
Secy & Ed Dir
officer (unspecified)
$150,030
$0
$0
$164,638
PAMELA LEWIS TURNTINE
Editor in Chief
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$148,097
JACOB SIMAS
Managing Editor
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$111,291
STACEY ZOLT HARA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
EMILY RAMSHAW
Audit Co. Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARTIN REYNOLDS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CANDICE FORTMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL OLSON
Board Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
LISA ARMSTRONG
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
EVELYN NUSSENBAUM
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
SUSAN STUTZMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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