Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Informing America Foundation
Organized for the purpose of promoting the gathering and dissemination of information about important public-policy issues facing the us through investigative, explanatory, data-driven and multimedia journalism, and other forms of public-interest information.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,696,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $661k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Informing America Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 12 | $5.7M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $4.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $5.2M | 75% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research | $2,980,000 | 4 | 87% |
| Bentley Media Group | $2,840,450 | 4 | n/a |
| Institute for Citizen Focused Service | $2,800,001 | 3 | 35% |
| Michigan News Source | $1,240,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Foundation for American Content and Entertainment | $1,150,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Concerned Communities for America Inc | $1,075,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Ulloo Media | $1,066,667 | 3 | n/a |
| Star News Digital Media | $1,060,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Accuracy in Media Inc | $799,999 | 3 | 17% |
| Franklin News Foundation | $750,000 | 3 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research | $2,980,000 | 4 | 87% |
| Bentley Media Group | $2,840,450 | 4 | n/a |
| Institute for Citizen Focused Service | $2,800,001 | 3 | 35% |
| Michigan News Source | $1,240,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Foundation for American Content and Entertainment | $1,150,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Concerned Communities for America Inc | $1,075,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Ulloo Media | $1,066,667 | 3 | n/a |
| Star News Digital Media | $1,060,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Accuracy in Media Inc | $799,999 | 3 | 17% |
| Franklin News Foundation | $750,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Real Clear Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Napolitan Institute | $210,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Performance One Media | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Action Group Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Daily Caller News Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Conservative Clergy of Color Inc | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Informing America Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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.
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How this is measured
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About Informing America Foundation
- How much does Informing America Foundation give?
- Informing America Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $5,685,417 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Informing America Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (91%), Community Improvement (6%), Education (3%).
- Who are Informing America Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research ($3.0M), Bentley Media Group ($2.8M), Institute for Citizen Focused Service ($2.8M).
- Does Informing America Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Informing America Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, The Searle Freedom Trust, The Dunn Foundation.
- Where is Informing America Foundation based?
- Informing America Foundation is based in DC.
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