Chicago Headline Club Society of Prof Journalists
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363284316
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8722672242
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,076
- Expenses
- $37,421
- Assets
- $116,338
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL PUENTE (PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO)
- JILLIAN MELERO (PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO)
- JEFF ARNOLD (PRESIDENT)
- SHRUTI SINGH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPH PETE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL PUENTE (PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO)
- SUSAN S STEVENS (SECRETARY)
- JILLIAN MELERO (PRESIDENT, EX-OFFICIO)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve professional journalism
What it reported doing in 2024
Foiafest-educational event dedicated to public records reporting with 100 attendees. Related bootcamp to supportearly-career bipoc journalists.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.11; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.