Connecticut News Project Inc
Donations deductibleConnecticut News Project Inc's network
17 people11 organisationsi17 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (17). Violet dotted lines (11) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
17 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 17 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Dabir Sekou Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ILA Duncan | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jason Chang | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jeannette De Jesus | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| John McKinney | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Joseph McGee | Vice Chair | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Karen Pritzker | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Khalilah Brown-Dean | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Louis Golden | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marie Shanahan | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Marisol Garcia | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mark Robinson | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Nisha Arora | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Onyeka Obiocha | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Shelley Geballe | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Will Ginsberg | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Zachary Janowski | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Putterman | Chief Executive Officer | since 2018 |
| Elizabeth Hamilton | Executive Ed | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Putterman | CEO | 40 | $152k | ||
| Elizabeth Hamilton | Executive Ed | 40 | $110k | ||
| Mark Robinson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeannette de Jesus | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ila Duncan | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen Pritzker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Zachary Janowski | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marisol Garcia | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Louis Golden | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Onyeka Obiocha | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nisha Arora | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Khalilah Brown-Dean | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jason Chang | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Will Ginsberg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John McKinney | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marie Shanahan | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shelley Geballe | Secretary | 3 | $0 | ||
| Joseph McGee | Vice Chair | 3 | $0 | ||
| Bilal Dabir Sekou | Chair | 3 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Connecticut News Project Inc
- EIN
- 270583046
- Address
- 1049 Asylum Ave, Hartford, CT, 06105-2432
- State
- Connecticut
- Mission
- The mission of the connecticut news project, inc. ("cnp") is to increase the level of civic engagement among state's residents. We are an independent, non-partisan, non-profit news organization created to reinvigorate coverage of connecticut's state government, public policy, and politics. Our primary goal is to ensure that the people of the state are better informed and educated about their... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A30 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2009
- Principal officer
- Bruce Putterman (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2010
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBilal Dabir Sekou
≥8years on the filingsMarie Shanahan
≥8years on the filingsShelley Geballe
≥7years on the filingsZachary Janowski
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4m
- Total liabilities
- $83k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $3.6m
- Program service revenue
- $136k
- Employees
- 29
- Volunteers
- 2
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4m | $2.7m | $1.2m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Connecticut News Project, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State, business registry and officers (data.ct.gov n7gp-d28j and ka36-64k6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Connecticut
- Entity type
- Non-Stock
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 9 July 2009
- Registered agent
- Bruce Putterman (city and state not held)
Officers (3)
- Bruce Putterman Officer
- Bilal Sekou Director
- Shelley Geballe Jd, Mph Director
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.