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Press on South Inc

Press on is a southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of movement journalism.

$114k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$108kCrime & Legal$36kCivil Rights$26kEmployment$21kPublic Benefit$20kHealth$10k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $90,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $113,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$10,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$10,000
APPALSHOP INC$10,000
AIDS SERVICES COALITION$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER$10,000
CREATE FOUNDATION$10,000
COMMUNITY MOVEMENT BUILDERS$10,000
EVERYBLACKGIRL INC$10,000
DECARCERATE INC$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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors: $10k → 14%TENNESEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS: $6k → 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

MI
CA
KY
AR
TN
SC
MS
GA
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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 3 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
8

Total granted

$56k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-15%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentCrime & LegalCivil RightsEmploymentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WD
    WORKERS' DIGNITY PROJECT
    2× · 2021–2022 · $21k · revenue -71%
  • Community Movement Builders Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • TJ
    TENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $16k · revenue +152%

Funded once

  • AR
    Alternate RootsInc
    one grant, 2022 · $21k · revenue -58%
  • TA
    TRANSGENDER AWARENESS ALLIANCE GREG GREEN
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -15%
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
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
2
Black in Action Collective

Black in Action Collective exists to build Black political power to transform systems and radically reimagine what is possible for ourselves, our families, and our communities

Civil Rights
3
Southern Center for Human Rights

The Southern Center for Human Rights is working for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. SCHR fights for a world free from mass incarceration, the death penalty, the…

Civil Rights
4
Black Appalachian Coalition

Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC), a multi-state organization working across Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley and Basin, is centered on story-based approaches that amplify Black voices, fights for environmental justice and strengthens…

Civil Rights
5
Pushblack

Pushblack is building a mass media network to change the hearts and minds of black americans through empowering narratives and actions that can advance black liberation at a systems-wide level.

Civil Rights
6
Action Institute Nc

Action institute nc is a community organization and citizens action group that organizes residents of low-wealth communities and constituencies most of whom are people of color- to represent their own interests on issues of social and…

—
7
Scalawag

Through journalism and storytelling, Scalawag works in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few. Collectively, we pursue a more liberated…

Education
8
Alabama Values

A nonpartisan grassroots communication organization that works to raise awareness and increase engagement around community issues in alabama by working directly with civic organizations advocating civic participation in communities across…

Arts & Culture
9
Black Alliance for Just Immigration

The organization provides public education on the issues related to fair and just immigration policies.

Arts & Culture
10
Revolution Institute

Revolution Institute's purpose is to liberate the expansive potential of African-American and Latinx communities through sustainable, future-oriented work, entrepreneurship, and value-aligned collaborations.

Employment
11
Center for Emerging Media Inc
Arts & Culture
12
Arkansas Public Policy Panel Inc

Ar public policy panel is a statewide organization dedicated to achieving social and economic justice by organizing citizen groups around the state, educating and supporting them to be more effective and powerful, and linking them with one…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Workers' Dignity Project. 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

17 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. 17 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
3/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Alternate RootsInc: $20,500 · Arts & CultureAlternate RootsIncAPPALSHOP INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAPPALSHOP INCALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INCBLACK IN APPALACHIA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK IN APPALACHIATRANSGENDER AWARENESS ALLIANCE GREG GREEN: $10,000 · OtherTRANSGENDER AWARENESS ALLIANCE GREG…Human Rights Defense Center Inc: $10,000 · OtherHuman Rights Defense Center IncLEE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 · OtherLEE STREET COMMUNITY CENTERTENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS: $15,500 · OtherTENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORSCREATE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCREATE FOUNDATIONAIDS SERVICES COALITION INC: $10,000 · OtherAIDS SERVICES COALITION INCBOLD TRAINING INSTITUTE INC: $5,500 · OtherBOLD TRAINING INSTITUTE INCWORKERS' DIGNITY PROJECT: $20,500 · EmploymentWORKERS' D…Community Movement Builders Inc: $20,000 · Public BenefitCommunity …Decarcerate Inc: $10,000 · Crime & LegalDecarcerat…SOUTHERN MOVEMENT COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN M…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOO…EVERYBLACKGIRL INC: $10,000 · EducationEVERYBLACK…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND…HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDER…
Arts & Culture$50,500Other$68,500Employment$20,500Public Benefit$20,000Crime & Legal$20,000Education$20,000Environment$20,000

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 budgetAlternate RootsInc: $20,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORKERS' DIGNITY PROJECT: $20,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Movement Builders Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTENNESSEE JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS: $15,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetDecarcerate Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS SERVICES COALITION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAPPALSHOP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK IN APPALACHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN MOVEMENT COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEVERYBLACKGIRL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHuman Rights Defense Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOLD TRAINING INSTITUTE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Borealis PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitabl…Groundswell FundProteus Fund IncCommon Counsel Founda…Solidaire Network IncTides FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Borealis PhilanthropyMN21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Borealis Philanthropy · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Groundswell Fund · Proteus Fund Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Solidaire Network Inc · Tides Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Press on South Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Press on South Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Press on South Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Press on South 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 19 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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