Virginia · Nonprofit
JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC
JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $762,170 to it, the largest being WAYFARER FOUNDATION ($320,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $762k
- Net assets
- $391k
What Journalism for Change Inc does
Mission
Journalism for change (jfc) support freedom of expression for artists, authors , musicians and journalists. Jfc supports all forms of journalism by and for citizens, communities, civil society seeking positive change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Journalism for change, inc. (jfc) is a nonprofit organization that supports freedom of expression for journalists, artists, and authors. Jfc promotes citizen and professional journalism that engages, informs, and inspires communities. Jfc supports filmmakers, artists, and civic activists who engage their communities to seek positive change. During 2024 the organization had the following accomplishments:journalism for change provided news and information to tens of millions of audience members on legal rights and how people can engage in support of their legal rights.journalism for change provided news and information on government accountability to better inform the public on how government should be responsive to citizens. This content reached tens of millions.journalism for change produced information on religious minorities to better inform citizens, teachers, and others on how to support and protect religious minorities and their rights. Millions read this content and analytical articles helped them understand the valuable contributions of religious minorities.
$3,158,134 spentof which $1,381,858 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,158,134.
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 $491k to $674k (+37%).
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 57% · 2018 90% · 2019 85% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 93% · 2023 98% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC’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. 2 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
Mark Whitehouse
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $100k → $25k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 62% · 2022 67% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
33% of JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% 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
JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE 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 JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC?
- JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $762,170 to it, the largest being WAYFARER FOUNDATION ($320,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $762,170 in grants to JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC?
- WAYFARER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $320,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOURNALISM FOR CHANGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 8 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