Minnesota · Nonprofit
WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE
WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,069,490 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($423,138). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $475k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $359k
What World Press Institute does
Mission
To promote and strengthen press freedom throughout the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
For its fiscal year that ended on may 31, 2025, the World Press Institute (wpi) focused on international collaboration and the important role of the media within democratic processes. It held a major conference in sofia, bulgaria, in april 2025, bringing together journalists and media leaders to discuss press freedom, media innovation, and the evolving challenges facing global journalism. In addition, wpi conducted its flagship u.s. Fellowship program, providing international journalists with an immersive experience across the united states. Through briefings, site visits, and dialogue with leading media professionals, policymakers, and academic experts, fellows gained insight into the american media landscape, democratic institutions, and the role of a free press in society.these initiatives reaffirm wpi's commitment to advancing journalism internationally through education, professional exchange, and cross-cultural engagement.
$298,936 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $298,936.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $6k to $298k (+4880%).
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: 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Zach Mullinax
Executive director
Board chair
David Mcdonald
Executive chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $94k → $83k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE’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
WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 39% · 2021 65% · 2022 50% · 2023 30% — 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
WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500k 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
WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Department of State$100k
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 WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE: 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 WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE?
- WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,069,490 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($423,138). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,069,490 in grants to WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $423,138 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD PRESS INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2017–2025), 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