MuckRock

American non-profit organization that facilitates Freedom of Information Act requests
Organization nonprofit_organization Q17148446
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MuckRock

Summary

MuckRock is a nonprofit organization[1]. MuckRock ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • MuckRock's field of work was investigative journalism[3].
  • MuckRock's field of work was open-source intelligence[4].
  • MuckRock's field of work was open government[5].
  • MuckRock was a member of Global Investigative Journalism Network[6].
  • MuckRock was a member of LION Publishers[7].
  • MuckRock was a member of Institute for Nonprofit News[8].
  • MuckRock is in the country of United States[9].
  • MuckRock's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[10].
  • MuckRock's founder is recorded as Michael Morisy[11].
  • MuckRock's founder is recorded as Mitchell Kotler[12].
  • muckraker is named after MuckRock[13].
  • MuckRock's headquarters location is recorded as Somerville[14].
  • MuckRock's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[15].
  • MuckRock's Commons category is recorded as MuckRock[16].
  • MuckRock's has part is recorded as DocumentCloud[17].
  • +2010-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MuckRock[18].
  • MuckRock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0zrn8p7[19].
  • MuckRock's official website is recorded as http://www.muckrock.com[20].
  • MuckRock's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 81-1485228[21].
  • MuckRock's described by source is recorded as Project Oasis[22].
  • MuckRock's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[23].
  • MuckRock's X is recorded as muckrock[24].
  • MuckRock's X is recorded as MuckRock[25].
  • MuckRock's GitHub account is recorded as MuckRock[26].
  • MuckRock's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4917', 'amount': '+3344096'}[27].

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Founding

Founders include Michael Morisy[11] and Mitchell Kotler[12]. +2010-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MuckRock[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Somerville[14], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1630[30] and Boston[15], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1630[33].

Industry

Fields of work include investigative journalism[3], an academic discipline[34]; open-source intelligence[4], a community[35]; and open government[5], a doctrine[36].

Why It Matters

MuckRock ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . muckrock.com. muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . muckrock.com. muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . muckrock.com. Retrieved . muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . lionpublishers.com. Retrieved . lionpublishers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] . findyournews.org. Retrieved . findyournews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . muckrock.com. muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . projectnewsoasis.com. Retrieved . projectnewsoasis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . muckrock.com. muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . muckrock.com. muckrock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Nonprofit Explorer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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