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Filing year 2024

FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0895081·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$1.5M
Total assets
$2.4M
Total expenses
$970k
Reported officers
15
Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS TO INVESTIGATE NEWS STORIES REGARDING CORRUPTION, MALFEASANCE, EXPLOITATION, MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Part VII & Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Secretary/executive Director
Officer (Unspecified)
$174k
$185k
Base
$158k
Bonus
—
Other
—
Benefits
$10k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 14 unpaid individuals.

Funded by

Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.

LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION2024
$300k
PARK FOUNDATION INC2023
$75k
Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation2024
$25k
Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation2023
$20k
The Scripps Howard Foundation2024
$5k
The Scripps Howard Foundation2023
$5k
GANNETT FOUNDATION INC2023
$1k
GANNETT FOUNDATION INC2023
$1k
GANNETT FOUNDATION INC2022
$200
The Scripps Howard Foundation2024
$50

Up 18%
from 2023

From $147k in 2023 to $174k in 2024.

$147k
2023
$174k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 15% in real terms$161k to $185k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$837k
$842k
2023
$1.5M
$970k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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What are FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC reported $1.5M in total revenue and $970k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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