Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)
WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,584 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,384). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $478k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $258k
What Weston News Inc Dba (Weston Observer) does
Mission
The weston news inc is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and deliver independent and trusted journalism that keeps the entire weston community connected, well-informed and engaged with thorough, accurate and fair coverage of topics affecting life in our town.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Publishing a (mostly) weekly, print and digital publication, edited by a professional staff with print papers distributed to all weston households and businesses. Emails sent to those who elect, and a website available to any interested in viewing. Establishing a sustainable revenue model primarily funded by community support from local businesses and residents. Enriching civic engagement and strengthening ties throughout the entire community by providing robust, balanced, and timely coverage of town government, community issues, and events affecting people of all ages and with varying interests. Building community and enhancing the lives of local residents, businesses, and organizations by providing a trusted source of local information that is valued by the weston community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Publishing a (mostly) weekly, print and digital publication, edited by a professional staff with print papers distributed to all weston households and businesses. Emails sent to those who elect, and a website available to any interested in viewing. Establishing a sustainable revenue model primarily funded by community support from local businesses and residents. Enriching civic engagement and strengthening ties throughout the entire community by providing robust, balanced, and timely coverage of town government, community issues, and events affecting people of all ages and with varying interests. Building community and enhancing the lives of local residents, businesses, and organizations by providing a trusted source of local information that is valued by the weston community.
$167,191 spent$258 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $167,191.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)’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
WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER).
“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
67% of WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER): 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 WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)?
- WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,584 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,384). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $40,584 in grants to WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER).
- Who is the largest funder of WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER)?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $27,384 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTON NEWS INC DBA (WESTON OBSERVER) 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 7 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