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The Groundtruth Project Inc

The groundtruth project, inc. (the organization), a nonprofit corporation, was founded to restore journalism from the ground up by supporting the next generation of journalists through field reporting that serves under-covered corners of the united states and the world. The organization focuses on training and developing the craft of…

$3.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
151
Itemized grants FY2024
176
Organizations funded FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$175,078
States reached, FY2024
44
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Public Benefit$3.4MArts & Culture$2.2MEducation$500kHuman Services$62kAnimals$56kCommunity Improvement$40kPhilanthropy$30kEnvironment$24kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Associated Press$383,9871n/a
States Newsroom$97,20820%
Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc$89,37320%
Texas Tribune Inc$80,65820%
Atlanta Journal Constitution$76,5582n/a
Wcij Inc$75,17722%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$69,32020%
Brown Publishing Co LLC$67,5362n/a
Investigative Newsource$66,56723%
Cityside Journalism Initiative$66,21121%
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All grantees of The Groundtruth Project Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Associated Press$383,9871n/a
States Newsroom$97,20820%
Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc$89,37320%
Texas Tribune Inc$80,65820%
Atlanta Journal Constitution$76,5582n/a
Wcij Inc$75,17722%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$69,32020%
Brown Publishing Co LLC$67,5362n/a
Investigative Newsource$66,56723%
Cityside Journalism Initiative$66,21121%
Alcom$63,1952n/a
Documented LTD$62,14222%
Amnews Corpdba New York Amsterdam News$62,0842n/a
Coastalaska Inc$59,07121%
Enlace Latino Nc Inc$58,82022%
Valley News$57,5682n/a
Fort Worth Report$56,96122%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$56,95320%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$56,81121%
Detroit Newspaper Partnership LP$56,7582n/a
Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc$56,247212%
University Radio Foundation Inc$51,03521%
The Arizona Republic$50,5002n/a
InvestigateWest$49,92524%
The Washington Informer$48,2262n/a
Technically Media Inc$48,1492n/a
Houston Defender Network$47,9402n/a
San Francisco Chr$47,6902n/a
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group$45,24522%
Interlochen Public Radiotraverse City Record-Eagle$44,8192n/a
Sahan Journal$44,78821%
Bowling Green Daily News$43,6052n/a
Wake Forest University$42,68720%
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance$42,50524%
Yakima Herald Republic$40,3852n/a
Grey Matters Project Inc$40,00023%
Friends of Public Radio DBA WHQR$39,84521%
San Antonio Express-News$39,7862n/a
Voice of Orange CountyOrg$39,44023%
Publicsource$39,05622%
Arkansas Democrat Gazette$38,9142n/a
Bay City News Foundation$38,25018%
Connecticut News Project Inc$38,11321%
Dmn Media Briefing$37,7882n/a
Kentucky Public Radio Inc$37,73020%
The University of Memphis$37,6002n/a
Independent Arts & Media$36,88020%
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc$36,73921%
Northeast Florida Journalism Collective Inc$35,77526%
Vermont Public Co$35,07020%
Star Tribune Media Intermediate Holdings Company II$34,9782n/a
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting$34,90025%
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$34,90020%
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat$34,7812n/a
The Advocate$34,0002n/a
Community Communications Inc$33,74520%
El Paso Matters Inc$33,61321%
The St Louis American$33,5502n/a
White Ash Broadcasting Inc$33,36621%
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$33,30023%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$32,80921%
Gazette Communications Inc$32,4302n/a
Underscore Media Collaboration$32,25023%
Mission Local SF Inc$32,23823%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$32,05020%
Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc$31,65120%
New Bedford Light$31,58821%
Longview News-Journal$31,5502n/a
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$31,46220%
Advocate Foundation Inc$30,47524%
The Spokesman-Review$30,2132n/a
Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab$29,98820%
New York Focus Inc$29,95021%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association$29,92520%
Board of Trustees of Illinois State University$29,9252n/a
The Post & Courier$29,9252n/a
Georgia Public Broadcasting$29,9012n/a
Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc$29,8702n/a
Western Michigan University$29,2602n/a
SIJ Holdings$28,9691n/a
Afro American Co Baltimore City$28,6672n/a
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$28,51111%
Richland Times LLC$28,0172n/a
Marquette University$27,81920%
DeCapo Publishing Inc$27,8052n/a
Wjct Inc$27,37920%
City Report Inc$27,04121%
The Land Cle$27,012113%
Bangor Publishing Company Dba Bangor Daily News$26,6672n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$26,6002n/a
Leader-News Inc$25,2982n/a
North Carolina Health News Inc$25,28023%
New Mexico In Depth Inc$25,13523%
Vpm Media Corporation$25,00020%
Boulder Community Broadcast Assoc Inc$24,50021%
ecoRI Inc$24,48524%
Albany Herald$23,9402n/a
Public Television 19 Inc$23,80020%
Boise State University$23,5622n/a
The People-Sentinel$23,3002n/a
The Lens$22,73222%
Metro Puerto Rico$21,2802n/a
Ohio University$21,0902n/a
Kvia-Tvabc-7$21,0002n/a
Appalachia Free Press Inc$20,680231%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$20,0771n/a
Central Michigan University$19,7582n/a
St Lawrence University$18,99110%
Brown Impact Media Group$18,9451n/a
Accion Latina$18,8291n/a
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$18,62510%
Bozeman Daily Chronicle$18,3371n/a
Memphis Fourth Estate Inc$17,88010%
Outlier Media$17,22311%
Oklahoma Watch Inc$16,85412%
T3 Media LLC$16,7402n/a
Journal Publishing Inc$16,6112n/a
Whyy Inc$15,80910%
Community Impact Newspaper$15,7381n/a
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc$15,49410%
Miami Fourth Estate Inc$15,00019%
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting$14,96212%
Pickle Hill Public Broadcasting Inc$14,65013%
Curators of the University of Missouri$14,1811n/a
The Daily Herald (Illinois)$14,1551n/a
The Courier-Journal$13,9691n/a
Colorado Sun$13,9501n/a
Arizona Local Post$13,75012%
Sustainable Journalism Foundation$13,33512%
Mountain State Spotlight Inc$12,68911%
The Commercial Dispatch$12,6651n/a
The Charlotte Post Publishing Company Inc$12,6651n/a
New England Public Media Inc$12,56610%
University of Utah$12,5001n/a
Western N Carolina Public Radio$12,50010%
San Francisco Public Press$12,50012%
Fresnoland Media$12,50012%
Adirondack Explorer Inc$12,50011%
Borderless Magazine NFP$12,50011%
Planet Detroit$12,5001n/a
The New Mexican Inc$12,5001n/a
North Carolina Longform Magazine$12,5001n/a
Nashville Public Radio$12,48510%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$12,41710%
Las Vegas Review-Journal$12,3221n/a
Oahu Publications Inc$12,2241n/a
Wyofile$11,62511%
New Hampshire Public Radio Inc$11,43310%
University of Florida$11,2501n/a
Pennon Organization$10,95510%
Baltimore Public Media Corporation$10,89310%
Marfa Public Radio Corporation$10,80011%
Miami Valley Public Media Inc$10,57510%
Cincinnaticom the Enquirer$10,5371n/a
The Buckeye Flame$10,50013%
Online Journalism Project Incorporated$10,46311%
Gray Media Group Inc$10,4001n/a
The Mitchell Republicforum News Service$10,1861n/a
Knock Publishing Company$10,00016%
The Ithaca Voice Inc$10,00013%
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc$9,16610%
Th Media$8,4961n/a
Rappahannock Media$8,4581n/a
Independent Newsmedia Inc$8,0931n/a
Beacon Media Inc$7,50010%
San Jose News Bureau$6,65811%
Spotlight Pa$6,25010%
Michigan Chronicle Publishing Co$6,2501n/a
Mendocino News Media LLC$6,2401n/a
New England Newspapers Inc$6,2371n/a
Iheartmedia Entertainment Inc$6,0001n/a
Texas Public Radio$5,30010%

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($874k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Groundtruth Project Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStates Newsroom: $97,208 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Sun-Times Media Inc: $89,373 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Tribune Inc: $80,658 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWcij Inc: $75,177 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetThe Salt Lake Tribune Inc: $69,320 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInvestigative Newsource: $66,567 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCityside Journalism Initiative: $66,211 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDocumented LTD: $62,142 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCoastalaska Inc: $59,071 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEnlace Latino Nc Inc: $58,820 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFort Worth Report: $56,961 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $56,953 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlock Club Chicago Nfp: $56,811 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc: $56,247 over 2y, 12% of budgetUniversity Radio Foundation Inc: $51,035 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInvestigateWest: $49,925 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetMississippi Journalism and Education Group: $45,245 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSahan Journal: $44,788 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWake Forest University: $42,687 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndigenous Media Freedom Alliance: $42,505 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGrey Matters Project Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFriends of Public Radio DBA WHQR: $39,845 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVoice of Orange CountyOrg: $39,440 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPublicsource: $39,056 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBay City News Foundation: $38,250 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetConnecticut News Project Inc: $38,113 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKentucky Public Radio Inc: $37,730 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $36,880 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCentro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc: $36,739 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNortheast Florida Journalism Collective Inc: $35,775 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetVermont Public Co: $35,070 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Center for Investigative Reporting: $34,900 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetThe Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism: $34,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Communications Inc: $33,745 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEl Paso Matters Inc: $33,613 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWhite Ash Broadcasting Inc: $33,366 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMidwest Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $33,300 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMuckrock Foundation Inc: $32,809 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnderscore Media Collaboration: $32,250 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMission Local SF Inc: $32,238 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $32,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc: $31,651 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Bedford Light: $31,588 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $31,462 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdvocate Foundation Inc: $30,475 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetAtlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab: $29,988 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Focus Inc: $29,950 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNortheastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association: $29,925 over 2y, 0.2% of budget

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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 97.

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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 …Local Independent Onl…The Lenfest Institute…Pro Publica IncAmerican Journalism P…Solutions Journalism …Inasmuch FoundationCorporation for Publi…Fund for Investigativ…Local Media Associati…Cars for Charity Inc
Institute for Nonprofit NewsCA121.7× affinity61 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 · Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · Pro Publica Inc · American Journalism Project Inc · Solutions Journalism Network Inc · Inasmuch Foundation · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc · Local Media Association · Cars for Charity 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.

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About The Groundtruth Project Inc

How much does The Groundtruth Project Inc give?
The Groundtruth Project Inc reported 151 itemized grants totaling $2,296,508, out of $3,509,931 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does The Groundtruth Project Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (54%), Arts & Culture (35%), Education (8%).
Who are The Groundtruth Project Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Associated Press ($384k), States Newsroom ($97k), Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc ($89k).
Which funders back the same organizations as The Groundtruth Project Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Institute for Nonprofit News, The Miami Foundation Inc, Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
Where is The Groundtruth Project Inc based?
The Groundtruth Project Inc is based in MA.

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 209 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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