NonprofitsPoynter Institute For Media Studies Inc

Education

Poynter Institute For Media Studies Inc

ST PETERSBURG, FL

Total revenue

$17.4M

Total expenses

$19.1M

Net assets

$50.9M

Grants received

$25.4M

131 grants

EIN

591630423

Tax year

2024

Mission

The poynter institute is a school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders.

Programs

2 programs

The poynter institute in st.petersburg,fl, is a school dedicated to the belief that the practice of excellent journalism is essential to a successful democracy. Poynter employs a full-time faculty and staff, as well as numberous adjunct teachers to reach its principal audiences of professional and nonprofessional jouralists, media leaders and content creators. In addition, the institute offers reporting and programs for citizens interested in learning more about journalism and its impact on society.

Expenses: $6.6MGrants: $117K

Mediawise teaches digital media and ai literacy to empower anyone to find facts and avoid misleading or false content - whether human or ai generated - so they can make healthy, informed decisions based on tier values and maintain meaningful relationships with their families and communities. Programming is designed for youth, college students and older adults. In 2024, mediawise resources generated more than 15 million views, and since its inception in 2018, the intiative has reached over 143 million people gloabally.

Expenses: $1.8M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$10.3M
Program service revenue$5.8M
Investment income$853K
Other revenue$422K
Total revenue$17.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$4.6M
Salaries & benefits$8.2M
Fundraising$33K
Other expenses$6.3M
Total expenses$19.1M
Total assets$51.6M
Net assets$50.9M

People

17 listed

NameRoleCompensation

NEIL BROWN

President

Board

$356K

37.5 hrs/wk

JESSICA M NAVARRO

COO & CFO

Board

$239K

37.5 hrs/wk

KELLY B MCBRIDE

SENIOR VP

Board

$219K

37.5 hrs/wk

PAUL TASH

Chairman

Board

$50K

5 hrs/wk

ROBERT KING

Trustee

Board

$4K

1 hrs/wk

MONICA DAVEY

Trustee

Board

$4K

1 hrs/wk

ANN MARIE LIPINSKI

Trustee

Board

$4K

1 hrs/wk

STEPHEN BUCKLEY

Trustee

Board

$3K

1 hrs/wk

LORI BERGEN

Trustee

Board

$3K

1 hrs/wk

LORI WALDON-DEADWYLER

Trustee

Board

$3K

1 hrs/wk

PAULA ELLIS

Trustee

Board

$2K

1 hrs/wk

CONAN GALLATY

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

SITARA S NIEVES

VP TEACHING & ORGN

Staff

$214K

37.5 hrs/wk

AARON M SHAROCKMAN

VP SALES & STRATEG

Staff

$170K

37.5 hrs/wk

DEBORAH W READ

CHIEF DEVLOP OFCR

Staff

$168K

37.5 hrs/wk

JENNIFER L ORSI

VP OF PUBLISHING

Staff

$157K

37.5 hrs/wk

ANGIE HOLAN

DIRECTOR OF IFCN

Staff

$153K

37.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

CHARLES BAUM

CONTRACTED PROGRAM MGR

$232K

MAGNET MEDIA INC

ADVER AND MAR CONSULTING

$135K

MEDIASMARTS

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$135K

GREAT PLAINS STRATEGIES

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$124K

DOUGLAS K SMITH

CONSULTANT

$111K

Grants received

Showing 131 of 131

FromAmountPurposeYear
$333K
TO PROVIDE REDUCED TUITION FOR UP TO 30 LOCAL NEWS LEADERS -- KNIGHT FELLOWS -- TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDIA TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE, A RESPECTED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT DRIVES PARTICIPANTS TOWARD MEASURABLE STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY OUTCOMES.
2024
$235K
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT JOURNALISM FOR FUNDERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING -- OR WANT TO SUPPORT -- JOURNALISM IN THE PRESS FORWARD ERA.
2024
$209K
Targeted community journalism
2024
$175K
TO PROVIDE JOURNALISTS WITH THE INFORMATION, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO PRODUCE IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON THE WORKINGS OF LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND THE NEED TO REFORM THEM UNDER THE SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE
2024
$118K
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FESTIVAL (IJF).
2024
$100K
To support the Poynter Public Editor Project
2024
$79K
Support to provide best practices to journalists for coverage of child welfare
2024
$67K
AWARDS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION INITIATIVES AND FIRST AMENDMENT AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.
2024
$43K
ALLIANCE FOR TRUST IN MEDIA/TATM-LAVOZ(CPM)
2024
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$25K
SUPPORT FOR POYNTER'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA
2024
$20K
INN SUPPORT - LABS
2024
$120
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$379K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$250K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$225K
to provide journalists with the information, training, and support they need to produce in-depth reporting on the workings of local criminal justice systems and the need to reform them under the Safety and Justice Challenge
2023
$200K
Journalism
2023
$190K
Targeted community journalism
2023
$158K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2023
$156K
TO FUND ONE YEAR OF TRAINING FOR FIVE LOCAL NEWS EXECUTIVES AROUND A SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE CHALLENGE THAT IS INTENDED TO DELIVER MAJOR OUTCOMES TO THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND/OR THEIR LOCAL NEWS OUTLET.
2023
$156K
TO FUND ONE YEAR OF TRAINING FOR FIVE LOCAL NEWS EXECUTIVES AROUND A SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE CHALLENGE THAT IS INTENDED TO DELIVER MAJOR OUTCOMES TO THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND/OR THEIR LOCAL NEWS OUTLET.
2023
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ ISSUES
2023
$64K
SUPPORT POYNTER'S TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS
2023
$64K
SUPPORT OF MISSION
2023
$45K
TO SUPPORT TWO LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM AND LOCAL NEWS.
2023
$45K
TO SUPPORT TWO LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM AND LOCAL NEWS.
2023
$30K
EXEMPT PURPOSE RELATED JOURNALISM GRANT.
2023
$24K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$8K
THE WRITE FIELD
2023
$4K
POYNTER INSTITUTE'S "TABLE STAKES" PROGRAM HELPS THE KCMC COME UP WITH A DETAILED STRATEGIC PLAN TO PRODUCE MORE ORIGINAL EDITORIAL CONTENT, AND TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE WITH THAT CONTENT. 202302-13621
2023
$120
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$487K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR POYNTERS LOCAL NEWS INNOVATION PROGRAM, WHICH DELIVERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING TO SMALLER NEWS OUTLETS THAT OFTEN LACK ACCESS TO SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO INVEST IN TRANSFORMATION.
2022
$483K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$300K
Education
2022
$205K
to provide journalists with the information, training and support they need to produce in-depth reporting on the workings of local criminal justice systems and the need to reform them under the Safety and Justice Challenge
2022
$200K
Journalism
2022
$160K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ ISSUES
2022
$155K
To train journalists on the private equity industry and its impact on local communities
2022
$144K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2022
$138K
TO FUND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2022
$45K
TO SUPPORT TWO LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM AND LOCAL NEWS.
2022
$38K
STUDENT JOURNALISTS REPORT ON THE REIMAGINING OF AN HISTORIC ST. PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD
2022
$30K
PARTNERSHIP GRANT
2022
$26K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$21K
Journalism
2022
$20K
EXEMPT PURPOSE RELATED JOURNALISM GRANT.
2022
$13K
TO SUPPORT THE WRITE FIELD PROGRAM
2022
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
General Support
2022
$120
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$206K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$206K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$205K
to provide journalists with the information, training and support they need to produce in-depth reporting on the workings of local criminal justice systems and the need to reform them under the Safety and Justice Challenge.
2021
$205K
to provide journalists with the information training and support they need to produce in-depth reporting on the workings of local criminal justice systems and the need to reform them under the Safety and Justice Challenge
2021
$141K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2021
$31K
SUPPORT OF MISSION
2021
$30K
PARTNERSHIP GRANT
2021
$23K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$19K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2021
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$624K
Education
2020
$516K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR POYNTERS LOCAL NEWS INNOVATION PROGRAM, WHICH DELIVERS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING TO SMALLER NEWS OUTLETS THAT OFTEN LACK ACCESS TO SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO INVEST IN TRANSFORMATION.
2020
$205K
to provide journalists with the information, training and support they need to produce in-depth reporting.
2020
$150K
TO CREATE A RESOURCE HUB FOR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS, JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS ADAPTING TO THE QUICKLY EVOLVING CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON COMMUNITIES AND THE FIELD.
2020
$140K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$124K
TO FUND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2020
$100K
FOR DIVERSITY IN CHICAGO NEWSROOMS
2020
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ ISSUES
2020
$75K
Program support for independent fact checking
2020
$75K
Program support for independent fact checking
2020
$61K
to provide salary support for the International Fact-Checking Network so the grantee can continue their charitable and educational work
2020
$52K
TO TEACH NEWSROOMS BEST PRACTICES AROUND RESTORING TRUST AND BUILDING CREDIBILITY WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES BY CONDUCTING IN-PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING SESSIONS.
2020
$50K
HELPING JOURNALISTS COVER COVID-19
2020
$40K
TO PROMOTE TALENT AND DIVERSITY BY SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND MENTORING FOR WOMEN AT POYNTERS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR WOMEN IN DIGITAL MEDIA.
2020
$35K
TO PROMOTE TALENT AND DIVERSITY BY SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING THROUGH DIGITALWOMENLEADERS.COM, PLATFORM OFFERING FREE ONE-ON-ONE COACHING FOR WOMEN IN JOURNALISM.
2020
$30K
PARTNERSHIP GRANT
2020
$20K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$20K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$8K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$7K
PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$5K
WRITE FIELD - A WRITING AND MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS
2020
$100
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$497K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$62K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2019
$50K
PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$25K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$20K
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN IN JOURNALISM
2019
$15K
Civic Engagement
2019
$7K
SUPPORT OF MISSION
2019
$5K
TAMPA BAY TIMES NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION
2019
$5.5M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$200K
Program support for independent fact checking
2018
$130K
Program support for libel and defamation e-learning course
2018
$80K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2018
$25K
Capacity support for strategic planning for the Local Independent Online News Publishers project
2018
$20K
PARTNERSHIP GRANT
2018
$80K
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL PARTIES
2017
$6K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$25.4M from 49 funders · 131 grants · 2017–2024

Corporation For Public Broadcasting

$8.2M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$7.4M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

John S And James L Knight Foundation

$2.4M · 14 grants · 2020–2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$1.2M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Charles Koch Institute

$924K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

National Endowment For Democracy

$722K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Democracy Fund Inc

$505K · 5 grants · 2018–2020

The Joyce Foundation

$421K · 3 grants · 2022–2023

Details

EIN591630423
NTEE codeB400
Subsection03
Ruling date1976-07
Formed1975
Employees96
Volunteers4