Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Education, training, outreach, and publishing: webinars - gijn produced 22 webinars in eleven languages in 2024 with topics ranging from climate change journalism to investigating elections and threats from ai audio deepfakes. On average, the webinars saw 162 participants. The most attended webinar, follow the money--investigating shell companies, saw 552 attendees from 97 countries.newsletters - gijn produced and distributed e-newsletters of the latest tools, events, and news in investigative journalism. The newsletters appeared in seven languages and reached an audience of over 40,000 people.workshops, training, and mentorship - gijn ran online and in-person workshops on topics such as introduction to investigative journalism, deep internet research, and reporting on war.resource center - gijn's free online resource centre holds more than 2,000 items in 14 languages - an impressive digital library of resources for public-interest investigators on materials related to investigative and data journalism, used by journalists in 140 countries each day. In 2024, gijn published and/or updated eight new reporting guides (fossil fuels, climate change, organized crime, intro to investigative journalism, project management, investigating carbon offsets, introduction to fundraising, investigating health and medicine).help desk - since 2012, the gijn help desk has responded to over 19,830 requests for assistance from around the world. With access to hundreds of experts on investigative techniques, data journalism, nonprofits, funding, safety and security, and more, the help desk responds to a wide range of requests.capacity building - through gijn advisory services, gijn offers a range of resources, training, and assessments for watchdog media to build capacity. The gijn teams can evaluate an organization's editorial operations, business practices, fundraising, security and legal exposure, and provide recommendations to strengthen sustainability. Video training - gijn produces video training series on investigative journalism featuring specialists in public records, data journalism, online search strategy, fact-checking, and more topics. In 2024, gijn hosted 22 training webinars, attracting more than 3,000 attendees with the largest audience of 552 participants from 97 countries attending the october 10th webinar, follow the money: investigating shell companies. All of gijn's training sessions are free and open to journalists, reporters and citizen investigators worldwide. To make our training more accessible to our peers around the world, in 2024 gijn hosted webinars and online workshops in 12 languages.online publishing and networking - gijn runs publishing and social media feeds on 52 platforms in 16 languages, featuring trends, events, news, and techniques on investigative and data journalism worldwide.during 2024, gijn websites published 240 original stories. Gijn's daily social media feeds, published in regional editions, run hundreds of items per month. Gijn's audience and reach today are truly global, with more than 2.2 million people in 195 countries following its work. Today, gijn's global team includes 18 regional editors and assistant regional editors who work in 14 languages on 14 microsites daily.outreach - in 2024, gijn staff spoke at more than 100 different talks and trainings at external events in different languages, benefiting more than 3,500 journalists and journalism students around the world.translations - in addition to english, every day gijn distributes materials in a dozen languages: arabic, bangla, bahas indonesia, chinese, french, german, hindi, portuguese, russian, turkish, spanish, and urdu. Gijn's hard-working regional editors shared links to these materials via social media platforms, e-newsletters, and websites, reaching over 195 countries per day.membership services - gijn provides services to its member organizations, such as discounted or free software; preferred access to gijn's help desk, resource ce

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -53%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings