First Look Institute

→ Anduril Industries company

foia_requester confirmed

FOIA litigation seeking disclosure of classified Lattice system documentation

→ First Look Media company

affiliation inferential since 2010

The entity 'First Look Institute' shares a closely related name to First Look Media, which is known to be an independent media organization linked to investigative journalism. The input data contains multiple financial filings for a 'First Look Institute Inc' (EIN: 80-0951255) with an IRS Form 990, suggesting a possible legal entity operating under a similar name to First Look Media.

→ Pierre Omidyar person

founder inferential since 2010

First Look Media was founded by Pierre Omidyar. The 'First Look Institute' in the input data has documented financial filings (SEC, IRS Form 990) showing significant revenue, expenses, and assets in 2022-2023, which may represent an entity within or related to the First Look Media ecosystem funded by Omidyar.

→ Omidyar Network institution

financial / funding inferential since 2013

Omidyar Network is the philanthropic investment firm of Pierre Omidyar, which funded First Look Media. The 'First Look Institute' entity showing $9.12M in contributions and grants in 2023 likely received funding through this network.

→ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) institution

regulatory_filing primary since 2023

First Look Institute Inc filed an IRS Form 990 for 2023, reporting total revenue of $8.91M, total expenses of $26.96M, total assets of $9.75M, and total liabilities of $12.13M. The entity has EIN: 80-0951255.

→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency

regulatory_filing primary since 2010

First Institute filed a filing with the SEC on 2010-04-23 (Accession number: N/A). This indicates the entity (or a predecessor) was subject to SEC disclosure requirements.

← New Venture Fund institution

funding_recipient secondary since 2017

New Venture Fund has been a fiscal sponsor for First Look Institute, parent of The Intercept, for investigative journalism projects.

← Jeremy Scahill person

employment/foundation primary since 2014

Jeremy Scahill is a co-founder of The Intercept, which is a publication of First Look Media, now known as First Look Institute. This is a well-documented professional relationship.

← Laura Poitras person

founder secondary since 2013

Laura Poitras is a co-founder of First Look Media, the parent organization of First Look Institute.

← M-POWER organization

affiliation inferential since 2026

M-POWER appears in the entity list alongside First Look Institute, suggesting a potential organizational or thematic association within the same database context related to journalism.

← Glenn Greenwald person

affiliation inferential since 2014

Glenn Greenwald worked as a journalist and co-founding editor at The Intercept, which is part of First Look Media, a news organization founded by Pierre Omidyar. The entity 'First Look Institute' appears to be related to First Look Media.