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Screen a listInvestigative Studios Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$915krevenue
FY2025 · +740% in 3 yrs6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin19.0%
Months of reserve3.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+18.6%
Middle half of peersMedianInvestigative Studios
Where the money goes FY2025 · $742k spent
Programs$719k97%Management and general$23k3%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 23% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation gave $25k in FY2022, 23% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$57k in FY2023 and −$38k in FY2024. Cash covers 3.0 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 19% a year since FY2020, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort7funders
$17ka year, last 3 years
50%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22Jonathan Logan Family FoundationNew in FY2022$25kThe Koll Family FoundationOn and off$20kMarquez FoundationOn and off$15kCatapult Film FundOn and off$10kRichard and Peggy Greenfield FoundationOn and off$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$25k$5
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund