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FREE SPIRIT MEDIA NFP

EIN: 36-4456215Chicago, ILZIP: 60644
O50 - Youth Development501(c)(3)

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.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$964k$0$798k
2022$950k$0$849k

Compensation

2023

Aurora Toshiko King
Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$101,555
Melissa Thornley
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
Natasha Walker
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
Eric Schnabel
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
Meg Manda Hayes
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
Keith Jamerson
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Eboney Lofton
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Katie Green
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Anthony Scott
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2022

Aurora Toshiko King
Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$106,083
Keith Jamerson
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Johnny Jones
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Natasha Walker
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Stacey Bolton
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Anthony Scott
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Natasha Walker
Vice President
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$0
Eric Schnabel
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
Dani Jackson
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Mellisa Thornley
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Eric Schnabel
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Melissa Thornley
President
chief executive officer
$0
$0
$0
$0
Qadree Holmes
Vice President
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$0
Meg Manda Hayes
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
Eboney Lofton
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Jonathan Desir
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
Anedra Kerr
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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