Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC
THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,327 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($99,676). 5 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 FY2025
- $526k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $173k
What The Ipswich Local News Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to provide accurate, full, and fair coverage of the news in ipswich and rowley, massachusetts, as well as news of interest from surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provide a print and online publication of a local newspaper to the towns of ipswich and rowley, as well as report on news of interest from surrounding communities. The paper is mailed free to residents, reaching 9,400 households in a community of 20,000 people. In addition to the weekly edition, an online version of the paper includes 180,000 page views per month, up 5,000 views compared to last year.the paper has increased its level of reader engagement based on letters to the editor, emails to newspaper staff, and discussion at numerous community events. It has become the go-to source for local ipswich news. The paper has seen strong support from the community in the semi-annual fundraising drive, and the many handwritten notes of thanks on the importance of local news and the service we provide.the organization also provides a supplement for the neighboring towns of topsfield and boxford, which is distributed free every week around those communities. Readership in those two communities is in the low thousands.
$369,383 spent$1,800 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $369,383.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $57k to $182k (+221%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Eric Gedstad
Executive director & board member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $21k → $25k.
2 of 9 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 THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC’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
THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 77% — 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
73% of THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS 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 $67k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC has grown faster than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $91 on record.
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$91
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 IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS 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 THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC?
- THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,327 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($99,676). 5 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 THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $247,327 in grants to THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC?
- THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $99,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE IPSWICH LOCAL NEWS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 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