Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism

Analysis

Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism reported income of $698k and spending of $334k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $302k to $698k (+131%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 291%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orcas Christian School ($698k), Snowmass Western Heritage Association ($698k) and Rebuilding Together Pacific NW ($698k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. It paid $20k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $674k against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $650k.