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The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc

The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$207k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$28k
Net assets
$163k
0/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc does

Mission

The Washington Association of Black Journalists WABJ is an organization for Black journalists journalism professors public relations professionals and student journalists in the Washington D.C. metro area. WABJ provides members with ongoing professional education opportunities and advocates for greater diversification of the profession. Additionally WABJ offers working journalists our colleagues in related fields and students a source of support and recognition and a forum for networking.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Urban Journalism Workshop. As part of its mission WABJ shall continue to provide support direction and oversight of its legacy program the Urban Journalism Workshop UJW. This yearly program was launched by WABJ in 1986 with the mission to train students in the fundamentals of journalism. The committee shall also continue to award top-performing UJW students with scholarships contributing to the furtherance of their journalistic education.

    $14,555 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,555.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of The Washington Association of Black Journalists 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 Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

36% 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 Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc.

36%
largest funder
91%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.

WA
NY
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Washington, D.C. out of state home

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.

03Its place in the field

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In Washington, D.C.

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

13% of spending goes to programs.

Program 13%Management 15%Fundraising 73%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc?
The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $27,500 in grants to The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc.
Who is the largest funder of The Washington Association of Black Journalists Inc?
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Washington Association of Black 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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