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READER INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY

EIN: 84-3670420Chicago, ILZIP: 60616
A33 - Arts, Culture & Humanities501(c)(3)

Mission

READER INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY JOURNALISM, INC. (RICJI) IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED TO EDUCATE, ADVANCE, AND INFORM PUBLIC DISCOURSE THROUGH LOCAL, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM IN THE GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA. RICJI OPERATES AND PUBLISHES THE CHICAGO READER, AN ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER, WHICH CREATES AND CURATES POLITICAL AND CULTURAL COVERAGE BY AND FOR CHICAGO, INCLUDING HIGHLIGHTING UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AND STORIES. RICJI ALSO OPERATES THE CHICAGO INDEPENDENT MEDIA ALLIANCE (CIMA).

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$3.4M$0$581k

Compensation

SOLOMON LIEBERMAN
CEO and Publisher
chief executive officer
$0
$0
$0
$126,923
TRACY BAIM
Former Publisher
former officer/director/trustee
$69,491
$0
$0
$73,600
TORRENCE GARDNER
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
ALISON CUDDY
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MATT DOUBLEDAY
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
REESE MARCUSSON
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAKE MIKVA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MONIQUE BRINKMAN-HILL
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBERT REITER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JULIETTE BUFORD
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
VANESSA FERNANDEZ
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CHRISTINA STEED
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
EILEEN RHODES
Board Chairwoman
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
DANIEL DEVER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
KIM HUNT
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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