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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc

The foundation supports and advances the educational and research activities of the craig newmark graduate school of journalism at cuny by raising funds and making contributions and grants to the school of journalism.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$7.6MArts & Culture$1.9MScience & Tech$1.4MPhilanthropy$532kPublic Benefit$150kCommunity Improvement$140kSocial Science$100kInternational$53kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $1,605,198, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,620,485 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,015,287 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $190k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$1,415,661
Median grant
2
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM$1,415,661
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$189,537
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION: $300k → 11%DATA FOR BLACK LIVES: $100k → 8%FREE PRESS: $250k → 12%PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL: $235k → 11%THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALSIM: $225k → 22%MOZILLA FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $100k → 9%ROBERT C MAYNARD INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM EDUCATION: $100k → 10%COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $100k → 14%INTERNEWS NETWORK: $641k → 18%DATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500k → 17%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 20%THE TEXAS TRIBUNE: $16k → 10%CORPUS CHRISTIE CALLER: $9k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS: $53k → 14%THE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES INC: $50k → 12%THE MIAMI FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF NEWS PRODUCT ALLIANCE: $80k → 15%ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS: $38k → 21%GANNETT INC - THE TENNESSEAN: $9k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $62k → 12%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $190k → 16%HACKS HACKERS CO FLETCHER HEALF AND HILDRETH PLC: $889k → 7%MISSION CREATE: $40k → 11%BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY: $200k → 11%THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC: $125k → 10%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $60k → 14%DATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $345k → 17%VICE MEDIA LLC: $6k → 20%CANADY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: $50k → 14%THE MIAMI FOUNDATION: $52k → 15%THE TENNESSEAN: $5k → 14%HACKS HACKERS CO FLETCHER HEALF AND HILDRETH PLC: $410k → 7%DATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $155k → 17%HACKS HACKERS CO FLETCHER HEALF AND HILDRETH PLC: $75k → 7%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $1.7M → 17%HACKS HACKERS CO FLETCHER HEALF AND HILDRETH PLC: $42k → 7%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $1.4M → 17%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $900k → 17%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $875k → 17%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $350k → 17%CRAIG NEWMARK SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: $200k → 17%SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $26k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 4 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
29

Total granted

$7.8M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+82%

Still filing today

75%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitSocial ScienceCivil RightsScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CU
    CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $5.4M
  • HH
    HACKS HACKERS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.4M · revenue +176% · 35% of their budget
  • DS
    DATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $1.0M · revenue -8%

Funded once

  • IN
    INTERNEWS NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $641k · revenue +108%
  • WC
    WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $260k · revenue +62%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. supports national public radio, inc.'s international news-gathering activities through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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2
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
3
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
4
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…

Arts & Culture
5
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
6
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
7
The Associated Press Foundation for Journalism Inc

The foundation's mission is to produce, support and promote high-quality journalism focused on underserved issue and focus areas in order to educate and inform the public and ensure widespread, ongoing public access to educational,…

Arts & Culture
8
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
9
News Media Alliance

The news media alliance (nma) is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 news media organizations and their multi-media platform businesses in the us, canada and europe.

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10
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
11
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
12
Open Campus Media Inc

Higher education shapes the future of every community in america-determining who moves up the economic ladder, where good jobs develop, and how regions prosper. this promise depends on the public's ability to see and understand how their…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Institute for Nonprofit News; the most unlike its peers is Canady Foundation for the Arts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: $5,399,424 · OtherCITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKWALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION: $300,000 · OtherTHE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALSIM: $225,000 · Other+10 more: $472,535 · Other+10 moreHACKS HACKERS: $1,415,960 · EducationHACKS HACKERSTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $260,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FL…MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $189,537 · EducationMONTCLAIR STATE UNIV…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $187,867 · Education+4 moreINTERNEWS NETWORK: $641,247 · Arts & CultureINTERNEWS NETWO…FREE PRESS: $250,000 · Arts & CultureFREE PRESSPublic Radio International Inc: $235,000 · Arts & CulturePublic Radio In…BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY: $200,000 · Arts & CultureBOREALIS PHILAN…INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureINVESTIGATIVE R…Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $100,000 · Arts & CultureRobert C Maynar…+4 more: $144,568 · Arts & Culture+4 moreDATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitDATA & SOC…EDUCATIONNC: $155,000 · Public BenefitEDUCATIONN…THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $132,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMOZILLA FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Science & TechCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $100,000 · Community Improvement
Other$6,396,959Education$2,153,364Arts & Culture$1,680,815Public Benefit$1,155,000Philanthropy$232,000Science & Tech$200,000Community Improvement$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHACKS HACKERS: $1,415,960 over 4y, 35% of budgetDATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetINTERNEWS NETWORK: $641,247 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $260,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE PRESS: $250,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPublic Radio International Inc: $235,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBOREALIS PHILANTHROPY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOZILLA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $189,537 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEDUCATIONNC: $155,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $132,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS INC: $110,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetData For Black Lives Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRobert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $53,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION CREATE: $40,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $38,050 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $26,482 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $15,867 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Ford FoundationJohn D and Catherine …The Miami Foundation …New Venture FundDemocracy Fund IncJohn S and James L Kn…The William & Flora H…Silicon Valley Commun…The Lenfest Institute…Rockefeller Brothers …Foundation to Promote…Lumina Foundation for…
The Ford FoundationNY27.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Democracy Fund Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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