Maryland · Nonprofit
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $34k
What Newspaper in Education Institute does
Mission
Newspaper in Education Institute was founded to work with Newspaper in Education (NIE) programs at newspapers across the country to help teachers improve students' literacy skills, standardized test scores, and critical thinking skills through the use of quality NIE curriculum resources and student supplements that support educational use of their local newspaper. As support for NIE programs at newspapers has declined due to the changing nature of the businesses involved, we continue to make these existing resources available to teachers but no longer collect subscription fees from newspapers to support this effort. Existing funds in this nonprofit have been redirected to support other nonprofit endeavors and to support environmental projects in the local community where we are located.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Newspaper in Education Institute (NIEI) provides curriculum materials to newspaper educational programs across the nation to distribute to local teachers. This program reaches thousands of classrooms and millions of students.
$739 spent7% of program spendingEnvironmental Projects. This description will continue on Schedule O. Compost bins continue to be provided at low cost to several Maryland municipalities to promote environmentally friendly backyard composting. NIE Institute has supported native planting projects in Cheverly, MD. In addition, we have supported projects to aid the health of wild foxes and efforts to trap and neuter feral cats in the town.
$538 spent5% of program spendingSupport for the nonprofit sector providing funds to groups working on health, environment, youth services and other beneficial causes.
$9,882 spent89% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,159.
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 2017 to 2018, from $159k to $125k (−22%).
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.
81% of NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE’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
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE's revenue fell 96% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
85%
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 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE: 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 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,000 in grants to NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2 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