Mission
Essential Information educates the public on topics neglected by the media and policy-makers.
Public Charity
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $899K revenue, $911K expenses, $254K total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.6M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 521299631
Washington, DC
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$899K
Total Expenses$911K
Total Assets$254K
Grant Records24
Funding Total$2.6M
Filing Years2019–2024
Where $100 goes at Essential Information Inc
How Essential Information Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.
$94
Programs
the work itself
$4
Management
running the organization
$2
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $94 for programs
$79
INVENTIVE INITIATIVES
$8
UnKoch My Campus (UKMC), a nonprofit project dedicated to fighting the undue donor influence that seeks to manipulate higher education to serve corporate interests
$7
HUMAN RIGHTS
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
Donation to support archival work on auto safety.
$10,000
POLLUTION PREVENTION
$385,000
Project support
$50,000
To support public education work of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards
$24,814
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$12,500
Showing up to 5 of 24 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Staff Attorney
Allison Kole
Director
Amy Allina
Director
Cynthia Renfro
President
John Richard
Secretary/Treasurer
Robert Weissman
Staff Attorney
Zehava Robbins
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $899K | $911K | $254K |
| 2023 | $954K | $1.0M | $261K |
| 2022 | $583K | $992K | $332K |
| 2020 | $659K | $634K | $406K |
| 2019 | $791K | $1.1M | $308K |
Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $791K to $899K (+14%), with total assets most recently reported at $254K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.