Public Charity

INFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATION

INFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $7.9M revenue, $7.5M expenses, $661K total assets. 10 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 863753264 WASHINGTON, DC Public & Societal Benefit N.E.C. NTEE: W99 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$7.9M
Total Expenses$7.5M
Total Assets$661K
Grant Records10
Funding Total$8.4M
Filing Years2022–2024

Mission

ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE GATHERING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC-POLICY ISSUES FACING THE US THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE, EXPLANATORY, DATA-DRIVEN AND MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM, AND OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC-INTEREST INFORMATION.

Where $100 goes at Informing America Foundation

How Informing America Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 3 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$3 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $94 for programs

$78
Provide grants to investigative journalistic entities or other organizations engaged in the similar dissemination of public interest, accountability, and policy information
83% of program spending
$16
Maintain off the press website to disseminate important public-policy issues facing the us
17% of program spending
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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.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Ben Judge
COO David Blair
CEO Deborah Myers
DIRECTOR Diana Davis Spencer
CHAIR Jeff Birnbaum
CHIEF EDITOR Joseph Curl

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,343,333 9 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$52,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $7.9M $7.5M $661K
2023 $6.1M $6.9M $219K
2022 $6.6M $8.9M $957K

Between 2022 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $6.6M to $7.9M (+20%), with total assets most recently reported at $661K.

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