Chicagoland Streets Project

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The Chicagoland Streets Project's Mission is to publish Streetsblog Chicago, the region's source for news and advocacy about walking, biking, transit, traffic safety, public space, and transit-oriented development.

Form 990-EZ Part III, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-2856259) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$104K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990-EZ Part III · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: 990-EZ Part IV

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
990-EZ Pt I · Ln 18 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
99%
of spending
99% of spending went to programs.
990-EZ Pt III · Ln 32
Pay to officers and key staff
$104K
to officers and key staff · 86% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 86% of spending.
990-EZ Pt IV
Named funders
2
named funders · $31K
2 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Liabilities are 0% of assets.
990-EZ Pt II · Ln 26
Revenue
$97K
-31% vs prior year
Spent
$122K
To programs
99%
Net assets
$54K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$97K
FY2025▼ -31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$125K
FY2021$125K
FY2022$130K
FY2023$136K
FY2024$140K
FY2025$97K
Expenses
$122K
FY2025▼ -9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$106K
FY2021$120K
FY2022$127K
FY2023$121K
FY2024$134K
FY2025$122K
Net assets
$54K
FY2025▼ -32%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$48K
FY2021$54K
FY2022$57K
FY2023$72K
FY2024$79K
FY2025$54K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2018-04-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2019.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $120K

Form 990-EZ Part I, lines 10–17. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990-EZ; $104K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

990-EZ Part IV · reportable compensation
$67,409990-EZ Pt IV
Black Communities Reporter
$31,395990-EZ Pt IV
Editor-At-Large
$5,166990-EZ Pt IV
Director
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
Secretary
$0990-EZ Pt IV
Treasurer
$0990-EZ Pt IV

John Greenfield’s $67K as President is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 118 <$100K public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Greenfield$67,409$63,892$58,659$57,500$55,000$52,500
Courtney Cobbs———$28,875$34,375$26,250
Cameron Bolton$31,395$30,791$31,459$2,515——
Ruth Rosas——$3,150$13,650——
Steven Vance$5,166$4,948$4,700$4,795$4,400$4,200

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Publishes news and advocates for better walking, biking, transit, and public spaces.

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1 program · $134K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Publishing Streetsblog Chicago.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-2856259) · Dispute this line
$134Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$31K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$97K
Gifts and grants$76K
Other income$21K
Money out
$122K
Programs$120K
Owns and owes
$54K
net assets
Total assets$54K
Liabilities$0
People
8
listed
Paid3
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$76K
Other income$21K
Total revenue$97K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$54K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$54K
Operations
Employees3
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $97K$122K−$25K$54K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 $140K$134K$6K$79K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $136K$121K$16K$72K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $130K$127K$3K$57K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 20, 2022 $125K$120K$6K$54K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 1, 2021 $125K$106K$19K$48K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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