Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Global Press Institute
Global Press Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,595,663 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,578,672). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $80k
What Global Press Institute does
Mission
Global Press trained and employed local women journalists to produce high-quality reporting from undercovered regions of the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Cessation of Operations: In 2025 Global Press Institute made the strategic decision to cease operations following a period of significant evaluation of the organizations long-term sustainability and funding landscape. This decision was undertaken thoughtfully and with the oversight of the Board of Directors. The decision was informed in part by a sharp decline in international funding and broader instability in the global funding environment including disruptions associated with changes to public funding streams including disruptions associated with changes to major public funding streams. These shifts created significant uncertainty and constrained the organizations ability to sustain operations at prior levels. Throughout the year the organization carried out an orderly wind-down of its programs and operations. This included fulfilling existing programmatic commitments concluding journalism training and editorial activities and providing transition support to staff and partners where possible. As a result of this wind-down the organizations revenues expenses and net assets reflect a significant decrease compared to prior years.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
In 2025 Global Press ceased operations. Prior to the decision to cease operations the organization conducted activities as usual including: Journalism Training Providing women journalists across the world with rigorous journalism training including training a cohort of Shifting Democracies fellows.
$182,004 spent16% of program spendingEditorial Production Producing consistent high-quality news coverage across the world including reporters editors fact checkers translators and web development support.
$698,893 spent62% of program spendingGlobal Wellness and Duty of Care Programming and support services for physical emotional digital and legal security.
$249,994 spent22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,130,891.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $6.7M to $3.2M (−52%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 5% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of Global Press Institute’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Cristi Hegranes
CEO
Board chair
Michelle Swenson
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $967k → $2.6M.
12 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 Global Press Institute’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
Global Press Institute has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Global Press Institute.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 34% · 2019 20% · 2020 22% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 20% — 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
55% of Global Press Institute's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
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
Global Press Institute draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M 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.
Against its field
Global Press Institute's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Global Press Institute
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Global Press Institute: 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 Global Press Institute?
- Global Press Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,595,663 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,578,672). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Global Press Institute have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $17,595,663 in grants to Global Press Institute, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Global Press Institute?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,578,672 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Global Press Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing