New York · Public charity
Solutions Journalism Network Inc
Define, legitimize and spread "solutions journalism" - rigorous, unbiased reporting about credible responses to social problems by establishing solutions journalism as a core function in journalism, conforming to the highest standards of independence and accuracy.
- $933k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $524k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $139,175
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 20
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations Solutions Journalism Network Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $516k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $588k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $1.5M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $797k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $1.1M | 80% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $563k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $142k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$3.4MEmployment$1.5MEducation$949kPhilanthropy$436kEnvironment$284kPublic Benefit$190kCommunity Improvement$33kReligion$31kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
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ID
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NY
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HI
OK
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Media Foundation | $863,143 | 5 | 9% |
| The Seattle Times | $825,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resolve Philadelphia Inc | $324,300 | 3 | 14% |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $205,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Pennon Organization | $202,945 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Oregon | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hampshire Public Broadcasting | $142,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Pepperdine University | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Media Network | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Salt Lake Tribune Inc | $94,427 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Media Foundation | $863,143 | 5 | 9% |
| The Seattle Times | $825,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resolve Philadelphia Inc | $324,300 | 3 | 14% |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $205,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Pennon Organization | $202,945 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Oregon | $165,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hampshire Public Broadcasting | $142,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Pepperdine University | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Media Network | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Salt Lake Tribune Inc | $94,427 | 4 | 0% |
| Corporation for New Jersey Local Media | $75,000 | 1 | 19% |
| The Montgomery Advertiser | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pride Publishing & Typesetting Inc | $74,445 | 3 | n/a |
| Prism Reports Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 3% |
| US News and World Report | $68,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Advocate | $64,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources | $58,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Sacramento Bee | $56,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Appalshop Inc | $54,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Amnews Corpdba New York Amsterdam News | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beacon Media Inc | $54,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Accion Latina | $54,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Arizona Local Post | $54,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Lee Enterprises Inc | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advocate Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 58% |
| Graham Media Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| UpTempo Media LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Purple States LLC | $49,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Gannett Co | $49,418 | 3 | n/a |
| Nexstar Media Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Advance Local Media | $43,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Alabama Media Group | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Press Institute | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart University Incorporated | $39,890 | 2 | 0% |
| Cherokee Nation | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richland Times LLC | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Congress of American Indians Fund | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dmn Media Briefing | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Free Press | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Washington Informer Charities | $31,800 | 2 | 11% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $30,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana Newspaper Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 90% |
| Independent World Television Inc | $28,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Television 19 Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brown Impact Media Group | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona Daily Star | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas-New Mexico Newspaper Partnership Dba the Caller Times | $26,930 | 2 | n/a |
| The Current Media Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Balta Enterpriseslatino News Network | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sentient Media | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 19th News | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Policy Studies | $24,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Honolulu Civil Beat Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| High Country News | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Church of Christ Scientist | $20,985 | 2 | n/a |
| La Noticia Inc | $20,692 | 1 | n/a |
| Scalawag | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Sweaty Penguin LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Osage Nation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Times Communications | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Defender Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital B News Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital & Main | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kvea Channel 52 Telemundo | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Arts & Media | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grist Magazine Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Religion News Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| 9 Millones LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneer Publishing Inc Dba the Reader | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mongabay Org Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| States Newsroom | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SIJ Holdings | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boise State University | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas News Corporation | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shoshone Bannock Tribes | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Leadership Center | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Enviromental Council | $17,400 | 2 | 1% |
| The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism | $16,900 | 2 | 8% |
| Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance | $16,800 | 1 | 7% |
| Next City Inc | $16,650 | 1 | 2% |
| Tri-City Collective Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Community Radio | $15,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Asian Cine-Vision Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Ashley Woodsdetour Media | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Afro American Company of Baltimore City | $14,669 | 1 | n/a |
| Boulder Weekly | $13,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Country Today | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lee Publications Inc | $11,466 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Rural Strategies Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota News Watch | $11,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Santa Ana College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Link Nky | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia College Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut News Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Koahnic Broadcast Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milestone Communications Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scripps Media Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico In Depth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Atlanta Civic Circle Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Philadelphia Citizen | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Queens University of Charlotte | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Csulb | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dth Media Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kansas Newspaper Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Howard University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Antonio Express-News | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haitian Times | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unidad Media Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Associated Press | $9,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Tokyo Business Association | $9,650 | 1 | 4% |
| KPHO Broadcasting | $9,057 | 1 | n/a |
| Media News Nc LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Cruz Local | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Alliance for Better Communities Cabc Inc | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Online Journalism Project Incorporated | $8,750 | 1 | 1% |
| The Baltimore Sun | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boulder Weekly | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Feminist Majority Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tcv Publishing Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wurd Radio LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hampshire Public Radio Inc | $7,796 | 1 | 0% |
| Funtimes Magazine LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Edwards University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stanford Daily Publishing Corp | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Observer | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackbelt Media LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiaries | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowie Sun LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Morgan State University Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Afrola Media Group | $7,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Connecticut Health I-Team Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Street Roots Inc | $7,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Teton Digital Media dba Buckrail | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Malheur Media LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bangor Publishing Company Dba Bangor Daily News | $6,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Reporter | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Solutions Journalism Network Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 81.
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.
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of TpfPA81.4× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · The Miami Foundation Inc · Institute for Nonprofit News · The Groundtruth Project Inc · Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · Pro Publica Inc · The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc · American Press Institute Inc · Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc · Local Media Foundation · John S and James L Knight 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.
About Solutions Journalism Network Inc
- How much does Solutions Journalism Network Inc give?
- Solutions Journalism Network Inc reported 30 itemized grants totaling $523,675, out of $933,425 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Solutions Journalism Network Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Employment (21%), Education (14%).
- Who are Solutions Journalism Network Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Local Media Foundation ($863k), The Seattle Times ($825k), Resolve Philadelphia Inc ($324k).
- Does Solutions Journalism Network Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Solutions Journalism Network Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf, The Miami Foundation Inc, Institute for Nonprofit News.
- Where is Solutions Journalism Network Inc based?
- Solutions Journalism Network Inc is based in NY.
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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