100 Reporters
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO INFORM PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, ADAPTING TRADITIONAL TOOLS AND STANDARDS OF ETHICS AND EXCELLENCE TO THE NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE, WORKING WITH WHISTLEBLOWERS AND CITIZEN WATCHDOGS TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION AND HEIGHTEN PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.
- Income
- $290,660
- Spending
- $343,143
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- 0.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 63
- Highest pay
- $80,865, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 21 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.5 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 78% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 18% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 33% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 97 out of 100. Higher than 91% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
12 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $262,143 spent. DOUBLE EXPOSURE INVESTIGATIVE FILM FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM: 100REPORTERS' MISSION IS "TO INFORM THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND TO ADAPT BEST "JOURNALISM TOOLS AND STANDARDS TO THE NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE." IN LINE WITH THIS, THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL EDITION OF DOUBLE EXPOSURE, THE NATION'S ONLY INVESTIGATIVE FILM FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM, OCTOBER 30 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2, 2025, UNDER THE THEME "THE NEW FAULT LINES." THE FESTIVAL SCREENED 25 INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARIES SELECTED FROM 113 SUBMISSIONS 13 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS AND 12 SHORTS ACROSS THREE STRANDS DOMINATED BY FILMS THAT GO DEEP ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC INTEREST, NEARLY ALL WORLD, U.S., DC REGIONAL PREMIERES. THE SLATE INCLUDED ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS, ON THE AFTERMATH OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS FOR THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND, WHICH WENT ON TO WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT; EUGENE JARECKI'S THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN, WHICH LATER WON THE FIRST GOLDEN GLOBE FOR DOCUMENTARY EVER AWARDED, and COVER-UP, ABOUT LEGENDARY INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND DC RESIDENT SEYMOUR HERSH. ALONGSIDE THESE HIGH-PROFILE WORKS, THE FESTIVAL CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO SURFACING NEW VOICES, INCLUDING FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR WILLIAM HOWELL, CO-DIRECTOR WITH LAURA DYAN KEZMAN OF CYCLE, ON PATTERNS OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN RACINE, WI. THE CONCURRENT DX SYMPOSIUM BROUGHT TOGETHER FILMMAKERS, JOURNALISTS, FUNDERS AND STUDENTS FOR PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON PRESS FREEDOM, DISINFORMATION AND AI, AND THE DOCUMENTARY FUNDING LANDSCAPE AND MUCH MORE, ALONGSIDE HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS ON DIGITAL SECURITY, LEGAL PROTECTION, AND VISUAL INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES. DX ACCESS | DX PITCH ORGANIZED ONE:ONE MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING PBS, THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-DOCS, PROPUBLICA, THE PULITZER CENTER, AND FIRELIGHT MEDIA, GIVING EMERGING FILMMAKERS DIRECT ACCESS TO FUNDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND COMMISSIONING EDITORS.
- $17,999 spent. CIVIC ACCOUNTABILITY: 100REPORTERS USED MATERIAL, EDITORIAL AND LEGAL RESOURCES TO ADVANCE CIVIC ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH JOURNALISM WORLDWIDE, WORKING WITH LOCALLY BASED JOURNALISTS, OFTEN IN PLACES THAT LACK LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT REPORTING THAT CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE INTERESTS BY EXPOSING ENTRENCHED CORRUPTION. IN A TWO-PART INVESTIGATION FUNDED BY TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL AND CO-PUBLISHED WITH THE CONTINENT, REPORTERS KALEAB GIRMA AND ASHENAFI ENDALE DOCUMENTED HOW MILITARY GENERALS AND FOREIGN MINING INTERESTS ARE PLUNDERING AN ESTIMATED $2-3.5 BILLION IN GOLD ANNUALLY FROM ETHIOPIA'S POST-WAR TIGRAY REGION, ENABLED BY WEAK OVERSIGHT AND FACTIONAL INFIGHTING IN THE WAR'S AFTERMATH. IN THE SEYCHELLES, JOURNALIST NEHA WADEKAR EXPOSED HOW UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-BACKED LUXURY HOTEL DEVELOPMENT HAS DESTROYED PROTECTED SEA TURTLE NESTING GROUNDS AND CONTAMINATED CRITICAL WETLANDS, WHILE A COMPLICIT GOVERNMENT DECLINED TO ENFORCE ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. AND IN THE UNITED STATES, 100REPORTERS EXAMINED THE DOMESTIC POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF FEDERAL BUDGET LEGISLATION ON THE MORE THAN ONE MILLION SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN NURSING HOMES, REPORTING ON HOW CUTS TO MEDICAID AND A DECADE-LONG DELAY OF MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS THREATEN CARE OUTCOMES FOR SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
- $3,950 spent. EDUCATION: 100REPORTERS CONTINUED TO EXPAND DX SQUARED), ITS ONLINE RESOURCE HUB FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS AND FILMMAKERS. IN 2025, IT RECORDED AND POSTED ALL SESSIONS FROM THE 2025 DOUBLE EXPOSURE FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM, ENSURING THAT JOURNALISTS, FILMMAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THE PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS AT THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE SYMPOSIUM AT NO COST. THE PLATFORM HOSTS A SEARCHABLE ARCHIVE OF SESSIONS RECORDED ACROSS ELEVEN EDITIONS OF DOUBLE EXPOSURE, INCLUDING PANEL DISCUSSIONS, WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, AND FILMMAKER Q&AS, ALONGSIDE A HANDBOOK AND CONTRACT TEMPLATES HELPING FREELANCE JOURNALISTS AND INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS NEGOTIATE FAIR TERMS WITH MAJOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS. DX SQUARED) EXTENDS THE FESTIVAL'S REACH PERMANENTLY BEYOND ITS FOUR DAYS, AT NO COST TO USERS, GIVING PRACTITIONERS WHO CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON A LASTING AVENUE INTO 100REPORTERS' MISSION OF ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES IN INVESTIGATIVE STORYTELLING.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2013.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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