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THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM
THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM (Nebraska) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,000 to it, the largest being WEITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $230k
- Net assets
- $17k
What The Omaha Institute for Nonprofit Journalism does
Mission
The Omaha Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (oinj) formed in 2022 with a simple mission - help build a sustainable and equitable future for journalism in nebraska's largest city. Oinj aims to be both a local journalism lab and incubator, as well as a partner for local media seeking philanthropic support for important local journalism.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Omaha documenters trains and pays local residents to attend and annotate government meetings, turning local knowledge, relationships, and capacity of residents into a powerful community information resource.omaha documenters is building a network of community members and citizen journalists, from every zip code in our community, to document these meetings through detailed note taking, live-tweeting, and ultimately, reviewing local government data and records. We publish those fact-checked notes for all to use, members of our community and media especially, building a public record of how decisions are made at public meeetings.as part of a national network, omaha documenters dramatically increases local journalism capacity while simultaneously creating points of access for anyone to participate in the process of producing civic media.
$100,986 spent$53,788 earned by the program68% of program spending1st sky omaha formed out of the team that ran mind & soul low-wattage community radio at the malcom x memorial birthsite. 1st sky omaha principals paul b. Allen and mark mcgaugh now stream their news talk program three days a week, featuring news curation and local news making guests, engaging hundreds and reaching thousands.
$47,500 spentof which $47,500 as grants$47,500 earned by the program32% of program spendingReport for america (rfa) is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report under-covered issues and communities. An initiative of the nonprofit media organization, the groundtruth project, it is structured to harness the skills and idealism of an emerging group of journalists plus the creative spirit of local news organizations. The rfa reporter at the reader is focused on covering immigration related issues.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $148,486.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $106k to $17k (−84%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $130k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM’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 OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2022 38% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
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.
Organizations like THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM: 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 OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM?
- THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM (Nebraska) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,000 to it, the largest being WEITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $230,000 in grants to THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM?
- WEITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OMAHA INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), 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