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FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC

FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC (Maryland) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,838,229 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($4,729,448). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
39
Grants received
$14M
Net assets
$2.3M
24/39 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc does

Mission

The fuller project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The fuller project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. Since we launched in 2015, our reporting has influenced new legislation, helped end life-threatening practices, and led to large-scale releases of public data. We report exclusive stories centered on women that otherwise would not be told. Our journalists spotlight critical issues and expose injustice with in-depth reporting published in renowned news outlets and inside the largest and most respected newsrooms around the world, ensuring we reach the broadest audiences. Our reporting is relied upon by policymakers, corporate leaders, influencers, and individuals, leading to better outcomes for women and their communities.

    $1,300,248 spent$28,610 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,300,248.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($2.5M) Expenses 100 ($867k) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2020 Revenue 172 ($4.3M) Expenses 218 ($1.9M) Net assets 217 ($5.3M)2021 Revenue 84 ($2.1M) Expenses 276 ($2.4M) Net assets 205 ($5.0M)2022 Revenue 54 ($1.3M) Expenses 291 ($2.5M) Net assets 148 ($3.6M)2023 Revenue 114 ($2.8M) Expenses 342 ($3.0M) Net assets 145 ($3.6M)2024 Revenue 91 ($2.2M) Expenses 370 ($3.2M) Net assets 105 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 66 ($1.6M) Expenses 237 ($2.1M) Net assets 94 ($2.3M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (66)Expenses (237)Net assets (94)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.5M to $5.4M (+117%).

$2.5M
$5.4M
$5.1M
$3.9M
$3.7M
$2.8M
$2.5M
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

103% of FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING 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. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.6M
’19
$2.4M
’20
−$312k
’21
−$1.2M
’22
−$138k
’23
−$966k
’24
−$411k
’25
9.8
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.

Chief executive

Zsuzsanna Lippai

CEO

Board chair

Ritu Sharma

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed12101421202013
Joined·+0+4+8+3+5+2
No longer listed·201459
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $458k → $1.8M.

16 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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

FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

34%
largest funder
57%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 56% · 2019 45% · 2020 35% · 2021 45% · 2022 34% · 2023 59% — 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

30% of FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 11 states in all.

WA
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
FL

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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

FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−25% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve9.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC

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In Maryland

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 15%Fundraising 22%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

41%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 9 states

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
MD
GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC?
FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC (Maryland) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,838,229 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($4,729,448). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC have?
IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $13,838,229 in grants to FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC?
GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,729,448 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 39 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