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Institute For Nonprofit News

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Total revenue

$15.6M

Total expenses

$15.7M

Net assets

$6.7M

Grants received

$27.7M

202 grants

EIN

272614911

Tax year

2024

Mission

The corporation is organized and will be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, including: fostering and promoting the highest quality investigative and public service journalism in order to inform and educate the public by means of, among other things, providing administrative, editorial and financial support to nonprofit, tax-exempt member news organizations.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$14.8M
Program service revenue
Investment income$183K
Other revenue$588K
Total revenue$15.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.7M
Salaries & benefits$3.4M
Fundraising$486K
Other expenses$2.7M
Total expenses$15.7M
Total assets$8.7M
Net assets$6.7M

People

21 listed

NameRoleCompensation

KAREN RUNDLET

CEO

Board

$215K

40 hrs/wk

CHARLES POTTS JR

DIR. OF FINANCE

Board

$157K

40 hrs/wk

SORAYA MEMBRENO

COO

Board

$132K

40 hrs/wk

MARCIA PARKER

Chairman

Board

10 hrs/wk

BRUCE THERIAULT

Treasurer

Board

10 hrs/wk

RON SMITH

Secretary

Board

5 hrs/wk

KINSEY WILSON

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

JOHN ADAMS

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

VALERIA FERNANDEZ

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

LUCAS GRINDLEY

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

MARK HORVIT

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

KYRA KYLES

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

HSIU MEI WONG

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

CARLA MINET

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

GRACIELA MOCHKOSFKY

Director

Board

5 hrs/wk

COURTNEY LEWIS

GROWTH OFFICER

Staff

$161K

40 hrs/wk

JOHNATHAN KEALING

NETWORK OFFICER

Staff

$141K

40 hrs/wk

LISA M GARDNER-SPRINGER

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Staff

$138K

40 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE SCHENKEL

NETWORK PHILANTHROPY DIRECTOR

Staff

$131K

40 hrs/wk

SHARENE AZIMI

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$124K

40 hrs/wk

EMILY ROSEMAN

INN INDEX DIRECTOR

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.6M
TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS AND ITS PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN THE HIGH-QUALITY LOCAL NEWS ECOSYSTEM IN THE U.S. BY FOCUSING ON THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NONPROFIT NEWSROOMS.
2024
$1.0M
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$500K
IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$500K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$200K
General support
2024
$180K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF FISCAL PROJECTS
2024
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT 2023-2025 ( $300,000; 2-YEAR GRANT; $150,000/YEAR)
2024
$100K
Support for the development of sustainable news organizations
2024
$87K
TO CREATE AND COMMUNICATE STORIES COVERING TOPICS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL SECTOR PRICES.
2024
$75K
Grant, Expanding the Coverage of Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training through the Rural News Network
2024
$50K
General operating support
2024
$39K
TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO GRANTEE'S FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT, AN ARM AND A LEG.
2024
$10K
LA PUBLIC PRESS
2024
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
COMMUNITY / CIVIC
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$1K
General support
2024
$50
Donation in honor of SHJA judge
2024
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$632K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$300K
in support of its project, Rural News Network
2023
$300K
General support
2023
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH OF AN AI FIRST DRAFT FACT-CHECKING MODEL
2023
$200K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200K
Education
2023
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH OF AN AI FIRST DRAFT FACT-CHECKING MODEL
2023
$200K
in support of general operations
2023
$150K
THE KANSAS CITY DEFENDER-CAPACITY BUILDING 2023
2023
$130K
JOURNALISM PIPELINE
2023
$125K
TO SUPPORT THE GRANTEE'S FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT, PASSBLUE, TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONAL CAPACITY TO SERVE AS A WATCHDOG MEDIA SITE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED FOREIGN AFFAIRS INSTITUTIONS
2023
$100K
MEDIA - PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS
2023
$100K
To launch and operate the Rural News Network.
2023
$84K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$75K
TO EXPAND HIGHER EDUCATION MEDIA COVERAGE IN THE EDUCATION TEAMS FOCUS STATE OF FLORIDA
2023
$75K
For core support to PassBlue, a digital publication that covers the United Nations
2023
$75K
Expanding Coverage of Postsecondary Success and Workforce Training in Rural America
2023
$53K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
TO SUPPORT MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING TO ELEVATE SMALL STATES VOICES AND ADVOCACY FOR EQUITABLE CHANGES OF MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORKS WITHIN THE UN SYSTEM
2023
$40K
Cycle 1 Booster - Shasta Scout
2023
$30K
Support non-profit news in red states and in Southern California
2023
$25K
PROJECT - FUNDING FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PROGRAM
2023
$25K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$20K
FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT HUDSON VALLEY PILOT
2023
$20K
CHARITABLE QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$10K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
in support of a Board retreat and succession planning process for Feet in 2 Worlds, a project of the Institute for Nonprofit News
2023
$9K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$4K
Journalism Grant
2023
$4K
Journalism Grant
2023
$1K
General support
2023
$750
Shasta Scout
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$200
DISCRETIONARY USE BY RECEIVING ORGANIZATION
2023
$1.6M
TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS AND ITS PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN THE HIGH-QUALITY LOCAL NEWS ECOSYSTEM IN THE U.S. BY FOCUSING ON THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NONPROFIT NEWSROOMS.
2022
$750K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$343K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2022
$325K
Grant, National Reporting on Rural and Prison Higher Education
2022
$300K
General support
2022
$200K
In support of general operations
2022
$199K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$162K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$150K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$150K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$146K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2022
$127K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$125K
For core support to PassBlue, a digital publication that covers the United Nations
2022
$100K
To launch and operate the Rural News Network (RNN).
2022
$95K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$75K
TO EXPAND HIGHER EDUCATION MEDIA COVERAGE IN THE EDUCATION TEAMS FOCUS STATE OF FLORIDA
2022
$75K
for flexible support of its project, Feet in 2 Worlds
2022
$75K
MAJOR GIFTS COACHING PROGRAM
2022
$70K
TO SUPPORT GRANTEE'S FISCALLY SPONSORED PROGRAM, THE DIAL MAGAZINE, IN JOURNALISM THAT PROMOTES THE PROTECTION OF DEMOCRACY AND COMBATTING OF AUTHORITARIANISM
2022
$50K
TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PROMOTE THE LOCAL REPORNG OF COMMUNITY REPORTERS AND JOURNALISM STUDENTS AND PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR THEIR WORK IN CARIBBEAN, AFRICAN, INDIGENOUS, AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNIES.
2022
$50K
Journalism
2022
$50K
General Purpose
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
To support 2022 INN Days conference, the largest journalism conference focusedon creating and sustaining a healthynonprofit news industry.
2022
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$15K
OPERATING GRANT AND OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$15K
EXEMPT PURPOSE RELATED JOURNALISM GRANT
2022
$11K
GNI STARTUPS LAB, SUSTAINABILITY AUDIT
2022
$10K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$5K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
FEET IN 2 WORLDS
2022
$3K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2022
$1K
General Support
2022
$500
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$620K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$275K
National Reporting on Rural and Prison Higher Education
2021
$212K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$212K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$200K
in support of general operations.
2021
$200K
in support of general operations.
2021
$176K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2021
$176K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS.
2021
$163K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$100K
BUILDING STRONGER NONPROFIT NEWS BUSINESSES ($100,000); 100000.00; 11/02/2021
2021
$75K
See Part IV
2021
$50K
for flexible support of its project, Feet in 2 Worlds.
2021
$50K
for flexible support of its project Feet in 2 Worlds
2021
$6K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2021
$250
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$1.3M
TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS TO GROW ITS SERVICES TO LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, ASSIST WITH TRAINING AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPAND ITS MEMBERSHIP NETWORK.
2020
$300K
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2020
$300K
General support
2020
$300K
General support
2020
$276K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$200K
in support of general operations.
2020
$200K
FOR CHICAGO JOURNALISM COLLABORATIONS; AND AMPLIFY NEWS PROJECT
2020
$150K
to provide general support
2020
$150K
TO SUPPORT VOTEBEAT, A POP-UP NONPROFIT NEWSROOM COVERING LOCAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND VOTING IN EIGHT STATES, CREATED BY CHALKBEAT
2020
$150K
Democracy
2020
$150K
to provide general support
2020
$103K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$100K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$100K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$100K
GRANTS: INN DAYS: STRENGTHENING NONPROFIT NEWS LEADERS; 100000.00; 10/26/2020
2020
$89K
TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE AND TO ADVANCE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR LOCAL NEWS THROUGH THE FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT, UNDERSCORE.
2020
$85K
Distance Learning in Prisons Amidst the Pandemic
2020
$75K
FOR CHALKBEAT'S VOTEBEAT PROJECT
2020
$73K
Program support for Georgia News Lab
2020
$73K
Program support for Georgia News Lab
2020
$70K
COVID Reporter Corps
2020
$60K
MAJOR GIFTS COACHING PROGRAM
2020
$55K
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$30K
To support student journalism bootcamp.
2020
$25K
Votebeat Project
2020
$25K
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
THE WAR HORSE NEWSLETTER
2020
$17K
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE LAND: IN-DEPTH LOCAL REPORTING
2020
$15K
TRANSLATING CHICAGO NEWS
2020
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$15K
NEWS & INFORMATION
2020
$11K
Literary Arts
2020
$10K
STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ONLINE PRESENCE, AND READERSHIP OF STORIES THAT AMPLIFY THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS OREGON
2020
$8K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT-GOVERNMENT REFORM
2020
$5K
CORE PROGRAMS
2020
$3K
for Underscore Media, Inc.
2020
$2K
for Underscore Media, Inc.
2020
$1K
General Support
2020
$1K
MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
2020
$250
ANNUAL SUPPORT
2020
$150
Matching Gift
2020
$38
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$61K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$35K
General support
2019
$30K
PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$2K
for support of Underscore Media's work in Oregon
2019
$2K
To support Underscore Media
2019
$4.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$300K
General support
2018
$200K
Program support for the American Journalism Project
2018
$70K
General Support
2018
$65K
Montana Free Press
2018
$50K
Program support for the News Revenue Hub
2018
$40K
To support Voices of Monterey Bay Youth
2018
$10K
THE WAR HORSE
2018
$10K
IN SUPPORT OF PROVIDING EDUCATION AND BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
2018
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2018
$500
IN SUPPORT OF MONTANA FREE PRESS
2018
$50K
See Schedule O
2017
$41K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017

Funded by

$27.7M from 105 funders · 202 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$5.1M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

John S And James L Knight Foundation

$4.6M · 3 grants · 2020–2024

The Miami Foundation Inc

$2.8M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Democracy Fund Inc

$2.1M · 10 grants · 2018–2024

The Bessemer Giving Fund

$2M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$2.0M · 11 grants · 2020–2024

Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

$835K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

American Journalism Project Inc

$783K · 4 grants · 2020–2022

Details

EIN272614911
NTEE codeB990
Subsection03
Ruling date2012-03
Formed2009
Employees30
Volunteers12