Vermont · Nonprofit
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC (Vermont) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,018,089 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($19,220,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.4M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $32M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Population Media Center Inc does
Mission
Pmc concentrates on entertainment media to educate people about the benefits of small families, encourage the use of effective family planning methods, elevate the status of women, promote gender equity, and promote the concept of global sustainability.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National and international initiatives - pmc works with its own domestic employees, field office staff, and others to establish and expand specific media projects in a number of countries (including ethiopia, burundi, the democratic republic of congo, kenya, liberia, nigeria, zambia, uganda, the u.s., mexico, guatemala, haiti, and nepal) each with the goal of working with broadcasters and human-service organizations to promote the elevation of the status of women and girls, reproductive health, protection of children, small family norms, the avoidance of adolescent parenthood, and the protection of the environment with media content tailored to the local culture.
$6,481,165 spentof which $3,432 as grants$156,678 earned by the program82% of program spendingGeneral program development - pmc continues to initiate media projects in asia, africa, north america, latin america, and the caribbean. This ongoing exploratory, development and support work includes meetings with government officials, thematic experts, broadcasters, and non-governmental organizations, assessment of mass media regarding coverage of relevant information and audience penetration, and other research and development activities.
$1,185,241 spent15% of program spendingPublic outreach - this program category includes speaking and writingwork done by pmc staff as well as the program-related portion of thewebsite, newsletters, social media, annual report and other communication efforts.
$220,177 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,886,583.
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 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $17M (+17%).
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: 2018 8% · 2019 9% · 2020 12% · 2021 7% · 2022 18% · 2023 14% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Margot Fahnestock
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 26 funders, grant income fell $7.0M → $4.1M.
18 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 38% · 2019 53% · 2020 44% · 2021 75% · 2022 52% · 2023 73% — 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
38% of POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
73% of POPULATION MEDIA CENTER 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 $8.6M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $32M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.3M on record.
- Agency for International Development$4.1M
- Department of State$253k
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 POPULATION MEDIA CENTER 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Population Institute Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POPULATION MEDIA CENTER 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 POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC?
- POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC (Vermont) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,018,089 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($19,220,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $32,018,089 in grants to POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $19,220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 61 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing