SEJ programs and operations are funded by foundation grants in response to SEJ proposals, media company contributions, earned income, sponsorship of the annual conference, occasional regional events, individual donations, and unrestricted contributions of general support up to $15,000 from diverse sources.
The vast majority of foundation grants have been for general support; grants for specific projects are based on proposals that originate with SEJ. Sources of earned income for SEJ include conference registration fees, conference exhibitor and advertisement fees, membership dues, mail list rental, and subscription fees.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, SEJ files an annual Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The public may also view a copy of the most recent independent audits of SEJ's finances (2012, 2011, 2010/2009) and Annual Report of Activities. Older Form 990s are posted here. In addition, SEJ maintains a current profile on Guidestar and the Charity Directory (formerly, Foundation Source Access).
Thanks to our 2012-2013 supporters:
- SEJ 2012-13 Grants
- SEJ 2013 Conference Host and Primary Sponsor
- SEJ 2013 Conference Contributors
- SEJ 2013 Gifts from Individuals
- SEJ 2012 Conference Host and Primary Sponsor
- SEJ 2012 Conference Contributors
- SEJ 2012 Other Sources of Unrestricted Gifts up to $15,000
- SEJ 2012 Gifts from Individuals
SEJ 2012-2013 Grants:
$150,000+
$75,000-149,999
$25,000 - 74,999
- Brainerd Foundation
- The Campbell Foundation
- Grantham Foundation
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Turner Family Foundation
$10,000 - 24,999
- Gannett Foundation
- The Heinz Endowments
- Corinne Irwin Foundation
- Cornelius King Foundation
- Park Foundation
Up to $10,000
- The Gale Foundation
- The Grodzins Fund
- Scripps Howard Foundation
SEJ 2013 Conference Host and Primary Sponsor
SEJ 2013 Conference Contributors
- Bloomberg BNA
- Capital Public Radio
- Herbert W. Hoover Foundation
- Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University
- New Society Publishers
- The Tennessean
- Tucker Foundation
- The Wilson Center
SEJ 2013 Gifts from Individuals
Patron
$501-1,000
Craig Miller
Supporter
$251-500
Joya Banerjee
Supporter
$101-250
Steve Hansen | Meaghan Parker and Damon Horn | Raisa Scriabine | Jennifer Weeks
Friend
$51-100
Winifred Bird | Richard Blaustein | James Bruggers | Catherine Deans | Ann Graham | Larry Pryor
Friend
$26-50
Tina Adler | Ronald Bailey | Todd Bates | Murray Carpenter | Mary Chaffee | Charmaine Coimbra | Nancy Gaarder | Daniel Glick | Benjamin Goldfarb | Gary Grigsby | Susan Jewell | Robert McClure | Bernardo Motta | Janet Pelley | Cassandra Profita | Jerry Redfern | Judith Sylvester | Gary Wilson
Friend
$5-25
Claire Cummings | Douglas Fischer | Hyrum Huskey | Ian James | Jennifer Jordan | Sandra Kelly | David Lawrence | Patricia McKnight | Judith Ostrow | Ron Steffens | Mary Stuck | Sarah Terry-Cobo | Lee van der Voo | Valerie Wigglesworth | Leah Zerbe
SEJ's WeDidIt crowdfunding campaign, May/June 2013: $2,610
SEJ 2012 Conference Host and Primary Sponsor
SEJ 2012 Conference Contributors
- Cornell Douglas Foundation
- Regional News Network: RNNTV.com
- Bloomberg BNA
- Shield-Ayres Foundation, San Antonio
- The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
SEJ 2012 Other Sources of Unrestricted Gifts up to $15,000
$10,000 - 15,000
- Overton Hotel and Conference Center
$5,000 - 9,999
- Bracewell & Giuliani
$1,000 - 4,999
- Westinghouse Electric Company
Up to $1,000
- Organic Valley Family of Farms
SEJ 2012 Gifts from Individuals
Guardian
$2,501-5,000
Corinne Irwin | John Ryan
Sustainer
$1,001-2,500
James Bruggers | Cheryl Hogue | Anne Paine | Carolyn Whetzel
Patron
$501-1,000
Bennie Ivory | Jay Letto | Muriel Strand | Peter Thomson
Supporter
$251-500
Ashley Ahearn | Frank Allen | Beth Daley | Eleanor Drey | Dan Fagin | Gloria Gonzalez | Leigh Johnson | Stuart Leavenworth | Craig Miller | Mark Schleifstein | Loretta Williams
Supporter
$101-250
Len Ackland | Roger Archibald | Edith Bingham | Glenda Booth | Jane Braxton Little | Lester Brown | Kathryn Daigle | Peter Dykstra | Barbara Fraser | Sharon Friedman | Sandy Gilmour | Amy Gulick | Steve Hansen | Joan Jewett | Charles Lewis | Bobby Magill | Robert McClure | Beth Parke | Meaghan Parker | Greg Pasztor | Larry Pryor | Bruce Ritchie | Ilsa Setziol | Susan Sharon | Ben Sherman | Sara Shipley Hiles | William Souder | Jeffrey Stoub | Tim Wheeler | Roger Witherspoon | Christine Woodside
Friend
$51-100
Jan Barry | Bill Birchard | Winifred Bird | Rachel Clark | Chris Clayton | Russell Clemings | Merritt Clifton | Deborah Cramer | Joyce Cutler | Anthony Davis | Kay Deans | Jim Detjen | David Ferris | Kathie Florsheim | Rachael Gleason | Elizabeth Grossman | Michael Grunwald | Michael Hans | Michael Hawthorne | Thomas Hayden | Wendy Hessler | Michael Kodas | Amy Kraft | Susan Moran | Lisa Palmer | Vince Patton | Janet Pelley | Alison Perkins | Randi Ross | Stuart Ross | Jeanne Scanlon | Dawn Stover | Mary Woodsen
Friend
$26-50
Tina Adler | Susanna Baltscheffsky | Tony Barboza | Cynthia Barnett | Hal Bernton | Jan-Morten Bjornbakk | Richard Blaustein | Henry Chappell | Kris Christen | Hilary Corrigan | Julianne Couch | John Cramer | Maria Dolan | Irene Fairley | David Funkhouser | Nancy Gaarder | Justin Gerdes | Gary Grigsby | Terri Hansen | Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe | Christine Heinrichs | Susan Hess | Don Hopey | Joy Horowitz | Anthony Ingraffea | Alison Jones | Rona Kobell | Chris Kuykendall | Abrahm Lustgarten | Josephine Marcotty | Richard Mauer | Sarah McCoy | Olivier Milhomme | Bernardo Motta | Charles Quirmbach | Nancy Reist | Paul Rogers | David Sandino | Raisa Scriabine | Ron Seely | Kate Sheppard | Fiona Smith | Ramona Smith | Lana Straub | Trudy Tynan | Lori Valigra | Brett Walton | David Williams | Florence Williams
Friend
$5-25
Isabel Abrams | Brian Bienkowski | Kari Birdseye | D’Nelle Bloechl | Madeline Bodin | Jeff Burnside | Fabian Carvallo-Vargas | Jeanne Clark | Charmaine Coimbra | Adele Conover | Jon Cooksey | John Daley | Sally Deneen | Susan Eaton | Daniel Ferber | Melissa Gaskill | Polita Glynn | Barbara Haig | Julie Halpert | Greg Harman | David Helvarg | Thomas Henry | Ian James | Sandra Kelly | Linda Knouse | Lindsey Konkel | Becky Kramer | Leia Larsen | Gregory Laslo | Jennie Lay | Sharlene Lehrig | Dave Levitan | Penny Loeb | Li Lovett | Cindy MacDonald | Barbara Maynard | Katherine Murray | Judy Ostrow | Cindie Powell | Catherine Puckett | Molly Samuel | Karen Schaefer | Sophia Schweitzer | Nate Seltenrich | Jeb Sharp | Dan Shepard | Sandra Sleight-Brennan | Kelly Slivka | Ramona Smith | Mike Soraghan | Shauna Struby | Sarah Terry-Cobo | Jonathan Thompson | Tomasz Ulanowski | Danielle Venton | Christopher D. Weber | Clint Wilder
Past Supporters
- Past Organization and Foundation Support
- Past University Hosts, SEJ Annual Conferences
- Past University Sponsor for SEJ Diversity Program
- Past Media Company Sponsors
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