Virginia · Public charity
American Press Institute Inc
American press institute acts as a scout on the frontier of technology and audience behavior to identify where change is occurring and helps news organizations learn how to implement and scale that change successfully so they have a sustainable future.
- $468k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $224k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $191,768
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations American Press Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $224k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $194k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $507k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $64k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $225k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $56k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearken | $465,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Trusting News Inc | $191,768 | 1 | 32% |
| Piedmont Journalism Foundation | $74,895 | 2 | 12% |
| University of Texas | $54,095 | 2 | n/a |
| Keene Publishing Corporation | $36,500 | 2 | n/a |
| URL Media Holdings Inc | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Standard LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Trust for Local News | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SIJ Holdings | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haitian Times | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearken | $465,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Trusting News Inc | $191,768 | 1 | 32% |
| Piedmont Journalism Foundation | $74,895 | 2 | 12% |
| University of Texas | $54,095 | 2 | n/a |
| Keene Publishing Corporation | $36,500 | 2 | n/a |
| URL Media Holdings Inc | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Standard LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Trust for Local News | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SIJ Holdings | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haitian Times | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Charlottesville Tomorrow | $15,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Seattle Times | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Newspapers Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Journal Constitution | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Accion Latina | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cicero Independiente | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Voice News Network | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Albany Times Union Capital Newspapers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Automattic Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kalw Public Media Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isthmus Community Media Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Wayne State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Media News Nc LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Newspaper Partnership LP | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| News-Press Media Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Qcitymetro | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Arts & Media | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University Radio Foundation Inc | $9,984 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Line Media Incmountain Xpress | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada News Bureau Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Enlace Latino Nc Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Juan Fernando Soto Martinez (New Digital Press Llc) | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salt Lake Tribune Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cityside Journalism Initiative | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Journalism and Education Group | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Hampshire Public Radio Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vinegar Hill Vintage | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Girl Media LLC | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Publicsource | $7,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon Media Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Local Informational Intiative Inc | $6,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz Local | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City Limits News Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Radio Ambulante Studios Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scalawag | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bangor Publishing Company Dba Bangor Daily News | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardinal Productions Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Red Hook Daily Catch Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lee Enterprises Inc | $5,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Mountain Media Inc Dba Tucson Sentinel | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Planet Detroit | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
American Press Institute Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Institute for Nonprofit News · Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · The Groundtruth Project Inc · Solutions Journalism Network Inc · American Journalism Project Inc · Pro Publica Inc · Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Local Media Association · The Ford Foundation
How this is measured
About American Press Institute Inc
- How much does American Press Institute Inc give?
- American Press Institute Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $224,218, out of $468,123 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Press Institute Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (65%), Arts & Culture (29%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are American Press Institute Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hearken ($466k), Trusting News Inc ($192k), Piedmont Journalism Foundation ($75k).
- Does American Press Institute Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Press Institute Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, Institute for Nonprofit News, Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
- Where is American Press Institute Inc based?
- American Press Institute Inc is based in VA.
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