California · Nonprofit
SEMBRAMEDIA
SEMBRAMEDIA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,430,047 to it, the largest being THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC ($880,172). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $943k
What Sembramedia does
Mission
Empower media sustainability to support editorial independence and impact.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Project oasis - project oasis europe is a research project on the sustainability, innovation, and impact of independent digital native news organisations in more than 40 countries across europe. Its goal is to bring greater visibility to digital native media organisations and to uncover new insights about the trends, opportunities, and challenges in this growing market sector.
$329,001 spent27% of program spendingAmuna digital - amuna digital is an education and acceleration initiative for digital media in latin america, thanks to support from meta. The goal of the program is to increase the sustainability and editorial independence of these news organizations through training, consultancy, and financial support.
$321,804 spentof which $181,000 as grants26% of program spendingGni startups lab - it is an independent digital media accelerator in spanish that supports the development of journalistic ventures and promotes the personal growth of its members. During the program, digital media outlets create strategies to strengthen their business models, expand their understanding of their audiences, and innovate in their team collaborations.
$188,955 spentof which $83,000 as grants15% of program spendingOther programs - Sembramedia also managed several smaller grant-funded programs to provide training and networking opportunities to journalists, media leaders, and academics.
$387,572 spentof which $23,100 as grants$501 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,227,332.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $576k to $1.1M (+98%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of SEMBRAMEDIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $12k → $69k.
From the IRS filings of SEMBRAMEDIA’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
SEMBRAMEDIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 SEMBRAMEDIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 51% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
SEMBRAMEDIA draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 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
SEMBRAMEDIA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SEMBRAMEDIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $129k on record.
- Department of State$129k
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 SEMBRAMEDIA
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 California
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
34%
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 SEMBRAMEDIA: 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 SEMBRAMEDIA?
- SEMBRAMEDIA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,430,047 to it, the largest being THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC ($880,172). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEMBRAMEDIA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,430,047 in grants to SEMBRAMEDIA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEMBRAMEDIA?
- THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $880,172 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEMBRAMEDIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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