Free Spirit Media Nfp
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Free Spirit Community Arts + Media partners with young storytellers to transform media and society. Learn more about our programs, framework, community resources, and how you can get involved.
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.
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GiveRadar Analysis
From what GiveRadar has verified so far, Free Spirit Media Nfp has a complete profile, cross-referenced across 4 independent sources including the IRS.
- GiveRadar has cross-referenced this organization across 4 independent sources, led by the IRS - more than 98% of similar organizations. See the sources
- GiveRadar holds a more complete profile for this organization than for 99% of the 53,450 youth development charities in the United States it tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
- GiveRadar holds 6 years of financial filings for this organization, the most recent for fiscal year 2025 - a deeper filing history than 90% of the 18,694 youth development charities in the United States with filings on record. See the filings
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- disclosed leadership
- a website
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- a donation page
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Filing history
6 years on file from IRS Form 990: revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.
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Leadership & board
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18 officers and trustees on file, free with a GiveRadar account.
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Joint first of 53,450 youth development charities in the United States on integrity score
The highest integrity score in this cohort (90/100). Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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How it stacks up against peers
Compared with 8 similar youth development charities in United States.
Cause areas in United States
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Sources and verification
- Officers and trustees
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search · 63 disclosed in the public registry.
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Frequently asked questions about Free Spirit Media Nfp
Free Spirit Media Nfp is a registered youth development nonprofit based in Chicago, IL, United States. It is registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It was founded in 2001 and has been operating for 25 years. Its EIN is 364456215. According to GiveRadar's records, it holds active tax-deductible status on the IRS Publication 78 list, which means donations are tax-deductible and the organization is in good standing with the IRS. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 90/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. The organization reports $1M in annual revenue. 63 officers and directors are publicly disclosed. No red flags have been detected.
Free Spirit Media Nfp's Executive Dir., Aurora Toshiko King, received $106,083 in reported compensation in its most recent filing (2025). This figure comes straight from the organization's official filing and covers salary plus other reportable pay. Executive pay generally scales with the size and complexity of a nonprofit, so it is best read alongside the organization's revenue and what it does.
Based on official filings, Free Spirit Media Nfp has $1M in annual revenue. It allocates 78% of expenses to programs and services. This is in line with the average of 82% for youth development charities in United States. Create a free GiveRadar account to view the complete financial breakdown with year-over-year trends.
Free Spirit Community Arts + Media partners with young storytellers to transform media and society. Learn more about our programs, framework, community resources, and how you can get involved. Free Spirit Media Nfp is classified as a youth development organization registered in United States. The organization was founded in 2001.
Free Spirit Media Nfp is classified as a Youth Development organization, registered in United States. It operates as a Publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)). By size, it is categorized as a medium organization. It has $1M in annual revenue. The organization has 63 disclosed officers and directors.
Free Spirit Media Nfp's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 364456215. This is the organization's IRS tax identification number; you can use it to verify tax-exempt status and to look up its Form 990 filings with the IRS.
Free Spirit Media Nfp is located in Chicago, IL, United States. The organization was established in 2001 and has been active for 25 years.
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Quick facts about Free Spirit Media Nfp
- What is Free Spirit Media Nfp?
- Free Spirit Media Nfp is a youth development publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Chicago, United States. Free Spirit Community Arts + Media partners with young storytellers to transform media and society. Learn more about our programs, framework, community resources, and how you can get involved.
- When was Free Spirit Media Nfp founded?
- Free Spirit Media Nfp was founded in 2001.
- Who leads Free Spirit Media Nfp?
- Aurora Toshiko King serves as Executive Dir..
- Where is Free Spirit Media Nfp located?
- Headquartered in Chicago, IL, United States.
- What is Free Spirit Media Nfp's annual budget?
- Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is $1.4 million. 78% of expenses go to program services.
- Is Free Spirit Media Nfp trustworthy?
- Free Spirit Media Nfp has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 90 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is Free Spirit Media Nfp's registration number?
- IRS EIN: 364456215.
- What is Free Spirit Media Nfp's website?
- http://www.freespiritmedia.org