New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC
NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,298 to it, the largest being THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $153k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $538k
What New York Newspapers Foundation Inc does
Mission
The primary mission is to encourage the advancement of freedom of speech and the press, study the scientific research in all related fields, promote education and to assist those involved in all endeavors relating to the dissemination of information.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The foundation primarily funds educational efforts related to freedom of the press, newspapers in education and news literacy.
$97,800 spentof which $97,000 as grants$1,275 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $97,800.
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 $1.0M to $736k (−29%).
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.
11% of NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Board chair
Tim Kennedy
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $16k → $14k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION 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
NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 31% · 2020 80% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 71% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- New York News Publishers Associatio · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION 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 NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC?
- NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,298 to it, the largest being THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $51,298 in grants to NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 6 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