Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC
THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,442,023 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($8,504,560). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc does
Mission
We empower an unparalleled global network of journalists to produce news reports that lead to better governments, stronger economies, more vibrant societies and healthier lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Icfj conducted high-impact programs to enable journalists, media professionals, and media organizations around the world to produce timely, accurate information on key issues through compelling storytelling. We serve our unparalleled global network by providing training, mentoring, fellowships or financial support in the five key areas: media innovation, investigative journalism, critical-issues reporting, financial sustainability and research and resources.
$6,496,021 spentof which $1,370,484 as grants76% of program spendingIcfj's knight international journalism fellowships program is designed to instill a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide. The goal is to seed new ideas and services that deepen coverage, expand news delivery and engage citizens in the editorial process. Funded by the john s. And james l. Knight foundation, fellows build on past successes in the knight program, which has a strong record of achieving impact. They work in countries where there is a good opportunity to create the news media of the future. With additional support from the bill & melinda gates foundation, knight fellows are empowering journalists in india to use the latest digital tools to tell compelling stories on health and development issues.
$867,198 spentof which $507,506 as grants$344,485 earned by the program10% of program spendingIjnet delivers the latest on global media innovation, news apps and tools, training opportunities and expert advice for professional and emerging journalists worldwide. Produced by the international center for journalists, ijnet follows the shifting journalism scene from a global perspective in eight languages - arabic, chinese, english, french, persian, portuguese, russian and spanish.
$677,979 spentof which $18,858 as grants$11,515 earned by the program8% of program spendingIcfj's communications team of staff and consultant editors and contributing writers around the world provides journalists with expertise to provide meaningful coverage of critical global issues of local importance. The pamela howard forum on global crisis reporting provides regular webinar programming on urgent issues of the day in five languages.
$521,747 spentof which $23,375 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,562,945.
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 2021 to 2022, from $46M to $34M (−28%).
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: 2017 58% · 2018 56% · 2019 31% · 2020 18% · 2021 26% · 2022 54% · 2023 52% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $3.2M → $4.0M.
23 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
29% 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 THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 49% · 2019 50% · 2020 47% · 2021 23% · 2022 31% · 2023 34% — 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
41% of THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M 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
THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 31 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27.7M on record.
- Department of State$16.6M
- Agency for International Development$11.2M
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 THE INT'L CENTER FOR 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC?
- THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,442,023 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($8,504,560). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $29,442,023 in grants to THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC?
- JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,504,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INT'L CENTER FOR 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 79 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