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ARTICLE 19 INC

ARTICLE 19 INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,272,643 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($3,730,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$6.5M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$5.3M
Net assets
$4.6M
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Article 19 Inc does

Mission

Support work that defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Protect internet freedom programme helps secure the right to participate in public life; to engage in debate, criticize, protest and dissent in online space.

    $2,697,744 spentof which $1,620,703 as grants
    51% of program spending
  2. Gender & human rights programme cuts across all article 19 work, and considers gender and diversity-specific issues in relation to freedom of expression.

    $1,897,207 spentof which $1,892,769 as grants
    36% of program spending
  3. Freedom of expression programme covers the fundamental human right of opinion and expression, including freedom to hold opinions without interference.

    $597,752 spentof which $305,000 as grants
    11% of program spending
  4. To support cybersecurity and digital rights programs through article 19.

    $71,743 spentof which $68,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,264,446.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($735k) Expenses 100 ($371k) Net assets 100 ($706k)2018 Revenue 153 ($1.1M) Expenses 355 ($1.3M) Net assets 73 ($514k)2019 Revenue 525 ($3.9M) Expenses 874 ($3.2M) Net assets 160 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 439 ($3.2M) Expenses 1003 ($3.7M) Net assets 90 ($638k)2021 Revenue 588 ($4.3M) Expenses 941 ($3.5M) Net assets 228 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 837 ($6.2M) Expenses 1693 ($6.3M) Net assets 210 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 1045 ($7.7M) Expenses 1675 ($6.2M) Net assets 418 ($3.0M)2024 Revenue 885 ($6.5M) Expenses 1423 ($5.3M) Net assets 653 ($4.6M)
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Revenue (885)Expenses (1423)Net assets (653)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $4.6M (+52%).

$706k
$514k
$1.1M
$638k
$1.9M
$2.1M
$3.1M
$4.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 94% · 2018 62% · 2019 75% · 2020 70% · 2021 62% · 2022 74% · 2023 68% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of ARTICLE 19 INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,679 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$364k
’17
−$192k
’18
$616k
’19
−$493k
’20
$831k
’21
−$124k
’22
$1.5M
’23
$1.2M
’24
4.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed55556545
Joined·+0+0+0+2+1+0+1
No longer listed·0001210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $10k → $1.2M.

2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ARTICLE 19 INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ARTICLE 19 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 78% · 2020 65% · 2021 72% · 2022 78% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

80% of ARTICLE 19 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

73% of ARTICLE 19 INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

IL
NY
CA
VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ARTICLE 19 INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)37% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding ARTICLE 19 INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $76k on record.

Federal$76k
grants $76kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of State$76k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like ARTICLE 19 INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARTICLE 19 INC?
ARTICLE 19 INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,272,643 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($3,730,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ARTICLE 19 INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $5,272,643 in grants to ARTICLE 19 INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ARTICLE 19 INC?
THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,730,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARTICLE 19 INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing