Oregon · Nonprofit
JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE
JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100,534 to it, the largest being MIRAMAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($341,167). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $341k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $175k
What Journalistic Learning Initiative does
Mission
Empower students to discover their voice, improve academic outcomes, and engage in self-directed learning through project-based storytelling.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student voice, where university of oregon students create instructional materials, podcasts, newsletters for the next generation of storytellers.
$159,165 spent$150,000 earned by the program46% of program spendingBlack student magazine, jlis after-school program, which helps students improve their writing, self-confidence, and to celebrate cultural pride; this periodical is now reaching students in 93 cities across the us through a partnership with the national urban league.
$72,305 spent$82,711 earned by the program21% of program spendingEffective communicators, which helps students develop academically through project-based story telling. They learn to collaborate with peers and become better researchers and writers; this year the program grew from 20 teachers to 60 teacher serving more than 5000 student in four western states.
$65,499 spent$63,374 earned by the program19% of program spendingA series of videos to support a healthy environment for students. Looking forward to career journey and connection.
$52,280 spent$45,158 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,249.
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 2023 to 2024, from $696k to $183k (−74%).
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: 2021 78% · 2023 29% · 2024 93% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $107k → $425k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE’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
JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 92% · 2020 100% · 2021 38% · 2022 81% · 2023 80% — 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
0% of JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $214k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$20k
- DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$10k
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 JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE: 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 JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE?
- JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100,534 to it, the largest being MIRAMAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($341,167). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,100,534 in grants to JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE?
- MIRAMAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $341,167 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 16 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