Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,146,365 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,910,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Society of Environmental Journalists Inc does
Mission
The mission of the society of environmental journalists is to strengthen the quality, reach, and viability of journalism across all media to advance public understanding of environmental issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference - organization of annual conference to inform and educate journalists engaged in reporting on the environment and energy.
$890,601 spent$969,550 earned by the program50% of program spendingFund for environmental journalism - the fund grants support production of environmental journalism by skilled freelance journalists and news outlets to increase public understanding of environmental and energy issues.
$471,783 spentof which $427,505 as grants26% of program spendingPublications - publication of weekly newsletters, daily news feeds, special reports, and other resources on journalism skills, freedom of information, environmental science and policy, and other issues relevant to journalists who report on environment and energy, distributed online to journalists, educators, students and the general public.
$231,373 spent$24,755 earned by the program13% of program spendingMembership services - to provide resources related to environmental journalism for members of the society.
$96,985 spent5% of program spendingAwards for reporting on the environment - the awards recognize the best environmental reporting in the past year, with 4 or more winners in each of 10 categories, to inspire environmental journalists to improve and increase coverage in order to better inform the public.
$94,464 spentof which $7,578 as grants$37,100 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,785,206.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.3M to $2.5M (+85%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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
Aparna Mukherjee
Executive director (beg february)
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $305k → $1.2M.
10 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 68% · 2019 65% · 2020 66% · 2021 43% · 2022 58% · 2023 40% — 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
33% of SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $682k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
Organizations like SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS 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 SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC?
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,146,365 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,910,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $8,146,365 in grants to SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,910,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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