New York · Nonprofit
PRO PUBLICA INC
PRO PUBLICA INC (New York) receives grants from 677 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,583,455 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($33,932,725). 414 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 677
- Grants received
- $256M
- Net assets
- $126M
What Pro Publica Inc does
Mission
Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them. In the best traditions of american journalism in the public service, we aim to stimulate positive change, uncovering unsavory practices and abuses of power in order to prod reform. We do this in an entirely non-partisan and non-ideological manner, adhering to the strictest standards of journalistic impartiality.propublica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, propublica produced deep-dive investigative reporting in the public interest across critical beats, including democracy and government oversight, voting and elections, healthcare, climate change and the environment, immigration, education, housing, racial justice, children and families and criminal justice. Our investigations uncovered abuses of power and systemic failures and led to meaningful impact - including the passage of new laws, reversals of harmful policies and practices, and accountability for leaders and institutions. [see continuation on schedule o]propublica was awarded the 2025 pulitzer prize for public service for the series "life of the mother," a landmark investigation into the unexamined, irreversible consequences of state abortion bans. The reporting made clear, for the first time, that in the wake of these bans, women are losing their lives in ways that experts have deemed preventable. The series brought national attention to women denied care, leading to real change: texas passed a bipartisan law to clarify when doctors can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient.we continued to make progress on our five-year strategic plan,…
$40,908,775 spentof which $2,052,391 as grants$193,152 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $40,908,775.
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 2024 to 2025, from $108M to $135M (+25%).
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.
95% of PRO PUBLICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Paul Sagan
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 125 funders to 286 funders, grant income rose $15M → $36M.
77 of 677 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 PRO PUBLICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 677 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
PRO PUBLICA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
39% 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 PRO PUBLICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 14% · 2019 17% · 2020 13% · 2021 36% · 2022 15% · 2023 18% — 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
52% of PRO PUBLICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
PRO PUBLICA INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 44 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70M arriving through sponsors registered in 30 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
PRO PUBLICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PRO PUBLICA 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PRO PUBLICA 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 PRO PUBLICA INC?
- PRO PUBLICA INC (New York) receives grants from 677 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,583,455 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($33,932,725). 414 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PRO PUBLICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 677 organizations giving $255,583,455 in grants to PRO PUBLICA INC, 414 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PRO PUBLICA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $33,932,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRO PUBLICA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 677 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