Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$19Mrevenue
FY2025 · +24% in 3 yrs86staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin0.3%
Months of reserve0.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.0%
Middle half of peersMedianPoynter Institute for Media Studies
Where the money goes FY2025 · $19M spent
Programs$16M89%Management and general$1.8M10%Fundraising$261k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Government grants fell 98% in FY2022
$1.6M in FY2021, $40k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort69funders
$3.1Ma year, last 3 years
25%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23John S and James L Knight FoundationOn and off$555k$40k$425k$793k$532k$201kCorporation for Public BroadcastingOn and off$1.7M$599kJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationOn and off$220k$205k$205k$205k$205k$225kCharles Koch InstituteStopped after FY2022$624k$300k$300k–Institute for War & Peace Reporting-UsStopped after FY2022$124k$668k$138k–The Joyce FoundationSince FY2021$281k$221k$200kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$91k$866k$7.1M$792k$226k$392k$593k34 other fundersUp to $355k a year each$370k$594k$118k$592k$211k$566k$1.5M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped