Florida · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC
FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $230 to it, the largest being OCEANFIRST FOUNDATION ($230). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $583k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $230
- Net assets
- $67k
What Foundation for Local News Inc does
Mission
To promote careers in local news and news related professions, also increasing public awareness of the local news crisis
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Mentorship, training and long-term investment in early career black journalists in south jersey
$516,875 spentof which $583,008 as grants$99,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $516,875.
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.
Board chair
Michael Shapiro
Chairman and board member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS 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.
Where its funders are
FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $230 to it, the largest being OCEANFIRST FOUNDATION ($230). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $230 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC?
- OCEANFIRST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $230 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL NEWS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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