Massachusetts · Public charity
MuckRock Foundation Inc
Muckrock is a non-profit, collaborative news site that brings together journalists, researchers, activists, and regular citizens to request, analyze, and share government documents, making politics more transparent
- $165k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $41k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations MuckRock Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $41k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Parsons Labs | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Civiclab Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Correctional Association of New York | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Defending Rights and Dissent Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| DataMade | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About MuckRock Foundation Inc
- How much does MuckRock Foundation Inc give?
- MuckRock Foundation Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $41,000, out of $165,178 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does MuckRock Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Science & Tech (48%), Public Benefit (21%), Crime & Legal (21%).
- Who are MuckRock Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Lucy Parsons Labs ($20k), The Civiclab Inc ($10k), Correctional Association of New York ($10k).
- Does MuckRock Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as MuckRock Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is MuckRock Foundation Inc based?
- MuckRock Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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