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Journalism Development Network Inc

Jdn operates the organized crime and corruption reporting project, a consortium of news organizations dedicated to cross-border reporting on organized crime. Jdn also does media development in developing countries around the world, concentrating on investigative reporting and media management. It currently has programs in se europe,…

$8.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2020
100%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Itemized, FY2024
$5.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$5,180,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,180,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 2
FY2018 to FY2020
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$20M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Journalism Development Network Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$5.2M100%
FY20202$425k100%
FY20181$693kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$5.2MSocial Science$693kArts & Culture$425kCivil Rights$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Journalism Defense Inc$5,180,000138%
Factful Inc$693,0001n/a
Distributed Denial of Secrets$10,00019%
Producciones El Rastro LLC$5,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($420k), not named here.

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About Journalism Development Network Inc

How much does Journalism Development Network Inc give?
Journalism Development Network Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $5,190,000, out of $8,646,386 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
What does Journalism Development Network Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (82%), Social Science (11%), Arts & Culture (7%).
Who are Journalism Development Network Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: International Journalism Defense Inc ($5.2M), Factful Inc ($693k), Distributed Denial of Secrets ($10k).
Does Journalism Development Network Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Journalism Development Network Inc based?
Journalism Development Network Inc is based in DC.

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 5 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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