REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1230

Street

1156 15TH ST NW STE 1020

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• LEGAL DEFENSE AND RESEARCHTHE COMMITTEE PROVIDES AROUND-THE-CLOCK, PRO BONO SERVICES TO ALL NEWS MEDIA. IT OFFERS FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND RESEARCH TO JOURNALISTS AND ATTORNEYS, FILES AMICUS BRIEFS, PUBLISHES NUMEROUS GUIDES AND MATERIALS, AND SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THREATS TO THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. THE COMMITTEE UNDERTAKES LEGAL DEFENSE AND RESEARCH PROJECTS IN ALL AREAS OF MEDIA LAW, AND ASSISTS JOURNALISTS AND NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WITH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND ACCESS-TO-COURT CASES. THE LEGAL DEFENSE AND RESEARCH PROGRAM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:PRE-PUBLICATION LEGAL SERVICES - THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES THESE SERVICES TO FREELANCE AND INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS INCLUDING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS.PUBLICATIONS - THE COMMITTEE PUBLISHES AND MAINTAINS A BLOG, VARIOUS ONLINE LEGAL GUIDES AND OTHER MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) WIKI, FOR GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING THE NEWS. THE COMMITTEE'S INTERNET WEBSITE PROVIDES CONTENT ON MEDIA LAW AND JOURNALISM, WHICH IS UPDATED ON A DAILY BASIS.FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS - THE COMMITTEE OFFERS LAW FELLOWSHIPS FOR RECENT LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES AND AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR JOURNALISM AND LAW STUDENTS EACH SUMMER AND DURING AN ACADEMIC SEMESTER.THE COMMITTEE'S LITIGATION PRACTICE, WHICH INCLUDES ITS STAFF ATTORNEYS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS WELL AS COLORADO, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND TENNESSEE, COMPLEMENTS ITS TRADITIONAL AMICUS BRIEF WORK AT A TIME OF INCREASED NEED IN THE NEWS MEDIA FOR IMPACT LITIGATION AND PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES. THE COMMITTEE'S ATTORNEYS HELP JOURNALISTS AND NEWS ORGANIZATIONS DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS TO GATHER AND REPORT THE NEWS AND GAIN ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND COURT PROCEEDINGS. THE COMMITTEE HAS A NETWORK OF LAWYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, SERVE AS LOCAL COUNSEL ON AMICUS BRIEFS OR PARTNERS WITH THE COMMITTEE IN OTHER WAYS.

  Expenses $5,969,326 · Revenue $222,047

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $15,862,155

  Expenses

  $7,801,300

  Contributions

  $14,981,169

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,683,642

  Expenses

  $6,318,619

  Contributions

  $4,066,380

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,204,901

  Expenses

  $5,741,599

  Contributions

  $7,255,312

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,631,208

  Expenses

  $5,259,115

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,114,486

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,791,698

  Expenses

  $4,417,737

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,248,470

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,045,409

  Expenses

  $4,056,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,470,279

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,141,185

  Expenses

  $2,811,058

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,343,855

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,224,185

  Expenses

  $1,982,840

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,937,694

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,856,458

  Expenses

  $1,354,644

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,696,349

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,422,539

  Expenses

  $1,332,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,194,535

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,551,659

  Expenses

  $1,166,467

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,104,069

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,097,054

  Expenses

  $1,191,352

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,718,877

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $1,943,499

  2025 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $589,868

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $567,281

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $340,635

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $325,000

  2023 · Civic Participation

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $307,850

  2022 · Civil Participation

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $302,000

  2024 · Civic Participation

• ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION

  $300,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $282,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $238,169

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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