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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
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $500,000 Valley Independent Sentinel
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $104,000 Vermont Community Foundation
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $86,100 Voice of San Diego
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $165,000 Waldo Jaquith
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $90,000 Web journalism (Boulder)
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $248,679 Wesleyan University
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $100,000 WHYY, Inc.
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $250,000 Windy Citizen
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $200,000 Wm Penn Fdn/Public School Notebook
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $122,000 WyoFile
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn $916,084 Your Palm Beach County
Johns Hopkins Schl of Public Health $240,390 Center for Public Integrity
Kadima Foundation $35,462 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment $5,000 Bay Citizen
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment $150,000 Center for Public Integrity
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment $80,000 Chesapeake Media Service
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment $35,000 Clean Air Watch
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment $10,000 Society of Environmental Journalists
Kohlberg Fdn $50,000 ProPublica
L.P. Brown Foundation $30,000 AlterNet
Lannan Foundation $300,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $85,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $300,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $85,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $85,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $300,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $100,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $300,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $85,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
Lannan Foundation $200,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $200,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $150,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $125,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $200,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $200,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $125,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $125,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Lannan Foundation $200,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Leavens Fdn $25,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Lef Foundation $5,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Litowitz Foundation $200,000 Investigative Rept’g Workshop
Litowitz Foundation $160,000 Investigative Rept’g Workshop
Litowitz Foundation $10,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Litowitz Foundation $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Litowitz Foundation $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation $10,000 High Country News
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation $10,000 High Country News
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation $15,000 Cmty Media Workshop
Lynn R. & Karl E. Prickett Fund $40,000 Center for Public Integrity
MAC AIDS Fdn $201,900 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
Madison Community Foundation $10,000 AlterNet
Manatee Community Foundation $37,000 Manatee Connects
Marajen Stevick Fdn $50,000 Access to Basic Info
Marguerite Casey Fdn $230,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Marguerite Casey Fdn $75,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Marguerite Casey Fdn $150,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Marisla Fdn $15,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Marisla Fdn $15,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Markle Foundation $249,300 Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation $25,000 Center for Public Integrity
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation $25,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation $45,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation $7,500 ProPublica
Mary Graham Children’s Shelter Fdn $400,000 ProPublica
Mary Kay Ash Charitable Fdn $140,000 Women’s eNews
McCormick Fdn $45,000 Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences
McCormick Fdn $90,000 Investigative Reporters and Editors
McCormick Fdn $75,000 Investigative News Network
McCormick Fdn $10,000 Global Girl Media
McCormick Fdn $20,000 Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
McCormick Fdn $150,000 Free Spirit Media NFP
McCormick Fdn $300,000 Education Development Center, Inc.
McCormick Fdn $250,000 American University
McCormick Fdn $10,000 Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
McCormick Fdn $40,000 Better Government Association
McCormick Fdn $250,000 Better Government Association
McCormick Fdn $120,000 Beyondmedia Education
McCormick Fdn $2,500 Boston University
McCormick Fdn $150,000 Center for Public Integrity
McCormick Fdn $75,000 Center for Public Integrity
McCormick Fdn $150,000 Center for Public Integrity
McCormick Fdn $225,000 Center for Public Integrity
McCormick Fdn $100,000 Chicago Community Trust
McCormick Fdn $428,000 Chicago Reporter
McCormick Fdn $175,000 Chicago Reporter
McCormick Fdn $50,000 City Colleges of Chicago Foundation
McCormick Fdn $160,000 Cmty Media Workshop
McCormick Fdn $300,000 Columbia College Chicago
McCormick Fdn $175,000 Community Renewal Society
McCormick Fdn $120,000 Community Television Network
McCormick Fdn $25,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
McCormick Fdn $490,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
McCormick Fdn $200,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
McCormick Fdn $50,000 New England Center for Investigative Reporting
McCormick Fdn $30,000 New England Ethnic Newswire
McCormick Fdn $100,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
McCormick Fdn $450,000 Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism
McCormick Fdn $50,000 Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism

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