Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC
PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,341,697 to it, the largest being SCHUMANN MEDIA CENTER INC ($1,241,697). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $104
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $0
What Public Square Media Inc does
Mission
To produce media to inform and inspire the general public about issues of vital concern to democracy, such as economic and social justice, climate change, voting rights, and a free and independent press.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
During 2022, Public Square Media continued its efforts to distribute its projects, including Rikers and Faith in Action, along with the educational materials related to the projects.
$58,090 spentgrant consitent with the organization's exempt purpose
$46 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.1M to $217k (−80%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Gina Kim
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $75k.
From the IRS filings of PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 95% · 2019 53% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC?
- PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,341,697 to it, the largest being SCHUMANN MEDIA CENTER INC ($1,241,697). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,341,697 in grants to PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC?
- SCHUMANN MEDIA CENTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,241,697 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUBLIC SQUARE MEDIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing