Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Essential Information Inc
Essential Information educates the public on topics neglected by the media and policy-makers.
- $36k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $27k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,221
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,221
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $254k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Essential Information Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $271k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $75k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Food & Nutrition$366kCrime & Legal$95kPublic Benefit$80kInternational$55kEducation$27kArts & Culture$16k
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | $366,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Museum Tort Law Inc | $95,349 | 1 | 34% |
| Action Information | $75,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Free Africa Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Tool Library | $27,221 | 1 | n/a |
| CT News Consortium Inc | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
About Essential Information Inc
- How much does Essential Information Inc give?
- Essential Information Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $27,221, out of $35,727 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Essential Information Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (57%), Crime & Legal (15%), Public Benefit (13%).
- Who are Essential Information Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington ($366k), American Museum Tort Law Inc ($95k), Action Information ($75k).
- Does Essential Information Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Essential Information Inc based?
- Essential Information Inc is based in DC.
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