Public Charity

PRO PUBLICA INC

PRO PUBLICA INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $74.8M revenue, $51.3M expenses, $135.2M total assets. 343 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $128.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 142007220 NEW YORK, NY Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$74.8M
Total Expenses$51.3M
Total Assets$135.2M
Grant Records343
Funding Total$128.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PRO PUBLICA IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEWSROOM THAT PRODUCES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. OUR WORK FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON TRULY IMPORTANT STORIES. [SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O] WE PRODUCE JOURNALISM THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON EXPLOITATION OF THE WEAK BY THE STRONG AND ON THE FAILURES OF THOSE WITH POWER TO VINDICATE THE TRUST PLACED IN THEM. IN THE BEST TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, WE AIM TO STIMULATE POSITIVE CHANGE, UNCOVERING UNSAVORY PRACTICES AND ABUSES OF POWER IN ORDER TO PROD REFORM. WE DO THIS IN AN ENTIRELY NON-PARTISAN AND NON-IDEOLOGICAL MANNER, ADHERING TO THE STRICTEST STANDARDS OF JOURNALISTIC IMPARTIALITY.PROPUBLICA IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEWSROOM THAT PRODUCES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Where $100 goes at Pro Publica Inc

How Pro Publica Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
In 2025, propublica produced deep-dive investigative reporting in the public interest across critical beats, including democracy and government oversight, voting and elections, healthcare, climate change and the environment…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Alexandra N Zayas
DIRECTOR Angela Filo
DIRECTOR Anu Khosla
DIRECTOR Carrie Lozano
DIRECTOR Charles F Whitaker
MANAGING EDITOR, LOCAL Charles Ornstein

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$108,350,186 253 grants
Arts & Culture
$16,449,775 33 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,441,690 8 grants
Environment & Conservation
$650,000 2 grants
Education
$170,650 9 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $74.8M $51.3M $135.2M
2024 $64.3M $45.7M $108.1M
2023 $58.0M $44.1M $85.5M
2022 $44.5M $40.3M $63.4M
2021 $36.0M $34.2M $60.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $36.0M to $74.8M (+108%), with total assets most recently reported at $135.2M.

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