Florida · Nonprofit
NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC
NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,011,221 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($340,154). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $429k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $251k
What Northeast Florida Journalism Collective Inc does
Mission
The Tributary is a nonprofit newsroom producing high-impact government accountability and investigative journalism in the public interest. Based in Jacksonville, The Tributary's mission is to shine a light on systemic problems and solutions, hold those in power accountable, and focus on undercovered topics through collaboration with other news organizations and the community. We fill gaps in our media ecosystem, reporting on topics and issues that would otherwise go uncovered, with a focus on stories that make an impact. Since its founding in 2021, The Tributary's journalism has has had a positive impact on the community and won awards at the state and national level.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Tributary spends the majority of its expenses on producing high-quality journalism in the public interest. In 2024, the organization published articles by staff and freelancers covering a range of issues. The organization covered the 2024 elections for school board, legislature, judicial and other local races, in which it was the only local news outlet covered each race individually. It also reported on conditions at the Duval County jail and other issues affecting criminal justice system, as well as reporting on connections between a legislator and private company.
The Tributary gathers ongoing feedback from readers and the wider community, including attending and holding in person community meetings, and speaking engagements about the journalism it produces. Key accomplishments in 2024 included taking community feedback about issues in the 2024 elections, and appearing at community events and local broadcasts to answer questions, as well as live broadcasting on YouTube, publishing of results and Q&A on social media on election night.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $114k to $191k (+67%).
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.
98% of NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Ashley Smith Juarez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $80k → $202k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE 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
NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 63% · 2022 53% · 2023 72% — 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
68% of NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $321k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $690k 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
NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE 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 NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC?
- NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,011,221 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($340,154). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,011,221 in grants to NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $340,154 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 13 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