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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.

$1000k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$285k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$706kPublic Benefit$287kEmployment$285kCivil Rights$250kEducation$30k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $464k
  • $250k+1 grant · $285k
$40,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORK SHIFT LLC$285,260
CAL MATTERS$125,000
AJP -FREE PRESS INDIANAMIRROR INDY$88,421
TAMPA BAY TIMES$77,143
WBEZ (CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA)$68,750
OHIO LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE$54,762
CITY REPORT$50,000
EL PASO MATTERS$40,000
DEEP SOUTH TODAY$40,000
PUBLICSOURCE INC$40,000
FORT WORTH REPORT$38,462
HOUSTON LOCAL INFORMATION INITIATIVE$37,037
ARIZONA LOCAL POST$10,000
MONTANA FREE PRESS$10,000
THE ASSEMBLY$10,000
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 (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE ASSEMBLY: $10k → 11%ARIZONA LOCAL POST: $10k → 15%MINNPOST: $10k → 11%MONTANA FREE PRESS: $10k → 9%PUBLICSOURCE INC: $40k → 11%CAL MATTERS: $125k → 12%CITY REPORT: $50k → 17%FORT WORTH REPORT: $38k → 11%HOUSTON LOCAL INFORMATION INITIATIVE: $37k → 16%EL PASO MATTERS: $40k → 21%THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: $10k → 8%AJP -FREE PRESS INDIANAMIRROR INDY: $88k → 16%OHIO LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE: $57k → 15%CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC: $50k → 17%CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $75k → 14%DEEP SOUTH TODAY: $29k → 11%WORK SHIFT LLC: $285k → 8%PUBLICSOURCE INC: $30k → 11%CALMATTERS: $107k → 12%EL PASO MATTERS: $30k → 21%OHIO LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE: $55k → 15%WBEZ (CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA): $69k → 14%PUBLICSOURCE INC: $10k → 11%CALMATTERS: $18k → 12%EL PASO MATTERS: $10k → 21%CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $31k → 14%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

MT
MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
MD
AZ
MS
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$959k · 7 repeat orgs$599k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
1

Total granted

$959k
$50k

Still filing today

86%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $549k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • CalMatters
    3× · 2022–2024 · $250k · revenue +40%
  • CP
    CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $175k · revenue +10%
  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH TODAY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $69k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • CC
    CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Press Watch

To educate journalists and the public, and foster public debate, about improving political journalism to reflect public needs and hold the powerful accountable.

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2
San Antonio Report

Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.

Arts & Culture
3
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
4
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
6
Trusting News Inc

Trusting News improves the quality of news reporting by studying trust in news and training and coaching journalists to demonstrate credibility and actively earn trust. Their work equips thousands of journalists every year to better…

Arts & Culture
7
Nashville Public Media Inc

To empower the people of Nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom.

Arts & Culture
8
Owen News Project Inc

Our mission is to deliver reliable and unbiased local news and information to empower our readers and build a stronger community. We work to fill the news gap within Owen County while increasing overall media literacy within our community.

Arts & Culture
9
Springfield Daily Citizen Inc

The mission of the springfield daily citizen is to inform our community and be a catalyst for good.

Arts & Culture
10
Rebuild Local News

To advance public policies to counter the collapse of local news, revitalize community journalism, and strengthen democracy.

Education
11
Investigative Newsource

The mission of investigative newsource is to produce investigative and community-powered journalism that informs citizens of san diego and imperial counties.

Education
12
Citizens News Guild Inc

Citizens news guild educates the public by publishing non-partisan state and local news.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Deep South Today; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Local Post. 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

14 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. 14 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INCOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE INC: $111,905 · Arts & CultureOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE INCFREE PRESS INDIANA: $88,421 · Arts & CultureFREE PRESS INDIANAPUBLICSOURCE: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLICSOURCEDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $68,800 · Arts & CultureDEEP SOUTH TODAYCity Report Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCity Report IncHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $37,037 · Arts & CultureHouston Local Information Initiative Inc+4 more: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreWORK SHIFT LLC: $285,260 · OtherWORK SHIFT LLCCONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC: $192,857 · OtherCONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDAT…CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS: $50,000 · OtherCRAIN COMMUNICATIONS+1 more: $10,000 · OtherCalMatters: $250,000 · Civil RightsCalMattersEL PASO MATTERS INC: $80,000 · Public BenefitFORT WORTH REPORT: $38,462 · Public Benefit
Arts & Culture$651,163Other$538,117Civil Rights$250,000Public Benefit$118,462

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCalMatters: $250,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO LOCAL INFORMATIONAL INTIATIVE INC: $111,905 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFREE PRESS INDIANA: $88,421 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEL PASO MATTERS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetPUBLICSOURCE: $80,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $68,800 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCity Report Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFORT WORTH REPORT: $38,462 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $37,037 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnPost: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArizona Local Post: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMONTANA FREE PRESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Institute for Nonprof…The Miami Foundation …American Journalism P…The Groundtruth Proje…The Lenfest Institute…Local Independent Onl…Fund for Investigativ…Pro Publica IncJohn S and James L Kn…Silicon Valley Commun…Bernard & Audre Rapop…Inasmuch Foundation
Institute for Nonprofit NewsCA28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Institute for Nonprofit News · The Miami Foundation Inc · American Journalism Project Inc · The Groundtruth Project Inc · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc · Pro Publica Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation

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 Open Campus Media Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Open Campus Media Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Open Campus Media Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Open Campus Media Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 18 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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