Institute for the Advancement of Journalistic Clarity

Analysis

Institute for the Advancement of Journalistic Clarity is a registered charity in United States, based in Petrolia, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Institute for the Advancement of Journalistic Clarity reported income of $686k and spending of $918k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $826k to $686k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Institute for the Advancement of Journalistic Clarity sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Theatre of Greensboro Inc ($685k), Park Theatre Foundation ($686k) and Holocaust Museum and Study Center ($685k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $583k. At year end it held assets of $595k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $583k. It reported 6 employees.