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Grant Support for News Projects

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Grant activity, through 2012:

  • $248,524,603
  • 279 foundations
  • 308 news projects
  • 1048 grants
  • 25 states

From investigative journalism projects to ethnic news services, from community news venues to niche reporting sites, new media makers are launching news and information initiatives that are increasingly attracting support from community, family and other foundations.

From 2005 to 2012, J-Lab tracked $248,524,603 million in grants awarded to at least 308 news projects in 25 states and the District of Columbia. In the searchable database below, you can find these grants by the name of the foundation that issued funding, by the name of the news project that received grant support, or by state.

This database includes funding only for news and information projects. It does not include funding for public broadcasting programs, for the underwriting of documentaries, for journalism training or student news services.

Also be sure to take a look at Chuck Lewis and the Investigative Reporting Workshop's report on New Journalism Ecosystems around the country.

Contributing Foundation Grant Amount Organization
Deer Creek Fdn $200,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Deer Creek Fdn $200,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Deer Creek Fdn $200,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Deer Creek Fdn $50,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Deer Creek Fdn $25,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Deer Creek Fdn $200,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Educational Fdn of America $130,000 Center for Public Integrity
Educational Fdn of America $100,000 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
Elaine and Gerald Schuster Foundation $5,000,000 Schuster Institute for Investigative Journ
Elias Foundation $1,000 AlterNet
Emily Rauh Pulitzer Foundation $1,763,000 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
Emily Rauh Pulitzer Foundation $500,000 St. Louis Beacon
Epstein Philanthropies $5,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Epstein Philanthropies $5,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $30,000 Midwestern Innocence Project
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 MarylandReporter.com
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Investigative Rept’g Workshop
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 Investigative Rept’g Workshop
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Investigative Reporters and Editors
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $125,000 Investigative News Network
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 InvestigateNY
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 InvestigateNY
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Investigate West
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Investigate West
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $30,000 International Debate Education Association
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $90,000 Institute for Justice and Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $54,450 Government in My Backyard
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $80,000 MinnPost
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $200,000 Investigative News Network
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $125,000 Investigative News Network
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $60,000 Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 iFOCOS
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 I-News: Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $134,000 George Washington University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $40,000 George Washington University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $60,000 Fair Warning
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $60,000 Fair Warning
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $85,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $12,629 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $53,000 American University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 American University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 American University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $150,000 Arizona State University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Boston University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Boston University
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Capitol News Connection
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 Capitol News Connection
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $192,956 Center for Public Integrity
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $76,133 Center for Public Integrity
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Center for Public Integrity
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $25,000 Chi-Town Daily News
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $80,000 Chicago News Cooperative
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $80,000 Chicago News Cooperative
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $6,439 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $150,000 Oklahoma Watch
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Online Journalism Project
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Online Journalism Project
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 St. Louis Beacon
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 St. Louis Beacon
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 St. Louis Beacon
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 Texas Tribune
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 Texas Tribune
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $150,000 Tulsa Community Foundation
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $70,000 University of California, Berkeley
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $130,000 University of Nebraska Foundation
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $25,000 University of Texas at El Paso
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 Voice of San Diego
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Watchdog Institute
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Watchdog Institute
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $75,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $25,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $100,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 WyoFile
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $50,000 WyoFile
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $70,000 Youth News Service L.A. Bureau
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn $60,000 Youth News Service L.A. Bureau
Ettinger Foundation Inc. $10,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $100,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $150,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $100,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $40,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $30,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $25,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund $20,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Everett Philanthropic Fund (at the New York Cmty Trust) $52,800 Center for Public Integrity
Fdn for The Carolinas $51,000 Center for Public Integrity
Fdn for The Carolinas $50,000 Thoughtbox

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