California · Nonprofit
INTERNEWS NETWORK
INTERNEWS NETWORK (California) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,568,915 to it, the largest being FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC ($46,764,990). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $111M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $121M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Internews Network does
Mission
Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Europe and eurasia: in europe and eurasia, internews enhances media content diversity by equipping local partners with necessary tools and promoting media literacy. We also improve citizen access to civic information to foster public engagement in accountability. Our efforts include training and business management consultations for local partners to bolster independent media resilience. Furthermore, we encourage strong community-media links to deliver more relevant local news.
$35,846,857 spentof which $22,464,513 as grants36% of program spendingAsia:in asia, internews collaborates with journalists and media outlets to diversify information. We partner with local organizations to improve reporting on corruption, environmental issues, and democratic and peace processes. Our initiatives provide journalists with tools to strengthen sustainable independent media. Additionally, we train journalists to increase digital security awareness and promote investigative journalism and free speech.
$13,144,504 spentof which $4,415,810 as grants13% of program spendingOther projects:internews has a portfolio of projects that support communities outside of internews traditional geographic view. These programs can serve communities both globally and can support communities that are located domestically in the united states as well. Our listening post collective supports domestic communities and promotes access to trustworthy, relevant information. Other programs serve to support independent and small media outlets by promoting business viability and sustainability and provide useful toolkits to help drive many different facets of business.
$11,737,073 spentof which $18,200 as grants12% of program spendingMiddle east and north africa:in mena, internews supports journalists, media outlets, and civil society in enhancing data journalism and supporting female journalists. We build journalists' capacity to report on sexual and gender-based violence and provide digital security support and mentoring for journalists and human rights activists.
$11,371,801 spentof which $3,842,510 as grants11% of program spendingGlobal programs:internews operates in four key areas globally to support partners in demanding, building, and protecting a safe, accessible, and open internet for all. We support the development and local adaptation of open-source software, global digital safety processes and standards, and local advocacy initiatives around online freedom of expression. Our global technology team works to improve access to mobile and internet technologies, particularly in information-hostile environments.
$11,326,821 spentof which $4,834,752 as grants11% of program spendingAmericas:in the americas, internews trains local journalists and civil society on digital security best practices to mitigate security risks. We also support organizations and individuals advocating for legal and regulatory changes to reduce hiv-related stigma. Our efforts extend to providing information to the region's vulnerable populations, including indigenous communities, at-risk youth, and migrants.
$7,809,861 spentof which $1,842,982 as grants8% of program spendingAfrica:internews empowers journalists and media outlets in sub-saharan africa to provide vital information about health, humanitarian aid, and government processes. By connecting journalists, advocates, and stakeholders, we enhance hiv prevention knowledge. We also work with refugee and idp communities to improve their communication and engagement with humanitarian service providers. In conflict-ridden countries like the democratic republic of congo (drc), we train journalists and support media to facilitate citizen access to electoral information. Additionally, we collaborate with local radio broadcasters and other media outlets to provide displaced communities with relevant local information.
$6,770,662 spentof which $1,849,180 as grants7% of program spendingTechnical leadership:internews supports humanitarian crisis communication, environmental journalism, and health journalism globally. We recognize the critical role of media in communicating health information that can save lives. Our health journalism network connects journalists with media professionals, provides training, and grants access to various resources.
$1,450,885 spentof which $124,413 as grants1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $99,458,464.
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 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $30M (+56%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 93% · 2019 72% · 2020 69% · 2021 69% · 2022 72% · 2023 76% · 2024 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INTERNEWS NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (56% 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
Jeanne Bourgault
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $7.1M → $14M.
22 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 INTERNEWS NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 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
INTERNEWS NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 INTERNEWS NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 40% · 2019 66% · 2020 74% · 2021 64% · 2022 62% · 2023 42% — 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
46% of INTERNEWS NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
INTERNEWS NETWORK draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
INTERNEWS NETWORK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 54 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 54 arts & culture nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding INTERNEWS NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $240.1M on record.
- Agency for International Development$218.5M
- Department of State$21.6M
- Smithsonian Institution$17k
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 INTERNEWS NETWORK
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Salmon Strategies LLC · disregarded
- Groupo de Las Dunas Inc · corp_trust
- The Mountains Global Ltd · corp_trust
- The Redwood Center · corp_trust
- Tech Hub Valley Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNEWS NETWORK: 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 INTERNEWS NETWORK?
- INTERNEWS NETWORK (California) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,568,915 to it, the largest being FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC ($46,764,990). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNEWS NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $120,568,915 in grants to INTERNEWS NETWORK, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNEWS NETWORK?
- FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $46,764,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNEWS NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 83 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