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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.

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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
McCormick Fdn $1,000,000 Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism
McCormick Fdn $50,000 One Economy Corporation
McCormick Fdn $200,000 Pacific News Service
McCormick Fdn $200,000 President and Fellows of Harvard College
McCormick Fdn $100,000 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
McCormick Fdn $100,000 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
McCormick Fdn $50,000 Society of Environmental Journalists
McCormick Fdn $35,000 Strategic Human Services
McCormick Fdn $90,000 Street-Level Youth Media
McCormick Fdn $50,000 The Sunlight Foundation
McCormick Fdn $100,000 True Star Foundation, Inc.
McCormick Fdn $80,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
McCormick Fdn $75,000 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
McCormick Fdn $15,500 University of Iowa Foundation
McCormick Fdn $135,000 University of Southern California
McCormick Fdn $50,000 WBEZ
McCormick Fdn $150,000 WBEZ
McCormick Fdn $120,000 We the People Media
McCormick Fdn $30,000 WNYC Radio
McCormick Fdn $70,000 Women’s eNews
McCormick Fdn $130,000 Young Chicago Authors
McCormick Fdn $50,000 Youth News Service L.A. Bureau
McKnight Fdn $40,000 MinnPost
McKnight Fdn $120,000 MinnPost
McKnight Fdn $35,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
McKnight Fdn $30,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
McKnight Fdn $70,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
McKnight Fdn $90,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
McKnight Fdn $35,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
Media Democracy Fund $25,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
Medtronic Fdn $5,000 MinnPost
Melville Charitable Trust $100,000 The Connecticut News Project
Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation $15,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation $4,500 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation $10,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Minnesota Community Fdn (also The St. Paul Fdn) $500,000 Idea MN
Missouri Foundation for Health $100,000 St. Louis Beacon
Moore Family Fdn $25,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
Moore Family Fdn $200,000 Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting
Morton K. & Jane Blaustein Fdn $200,000 Center for Public Integrity
Morton K. & Jane Blaustein Fdn $50,000 The Nation Institute
Ms. Fdn for Women $30,500 Women’s eNews
Nell Williams Family Fdn $40,000 Center for Public Integrity
New York Community Trust $2,500 Gotham Gazette
New York Community Trust $45,000 AlterNet
New York Community Trust $141,600 Center for Public Integrity
New York Community Trust $33,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
New York Community Trust $4,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
New York Community Trust $30,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
New York Community Trust $30,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
New York Community Trust $25,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
New York Community Trust $25,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
New York Foundation $9,648 AlterNet
Newman’s Own Foundation $5,000 Center for Public Integrity
Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation $20,000 The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
NoVo Fdn $100,000 Center for Public Integrity
Open Society Foundations $125,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Open Society Foundations $100,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Open Society Foundations $140,000 AlterNet
Open Society Foundations $100,000 American Independent News Network
Open Society Foundations $350,000 American Independent News Network
Open Society Foundations $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $50,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $26,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $250,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Open Society Foundations $835,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
Open Society Foundations $150,000 Texas Tribune
Open Society Foundations $100,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Open Society Foundations $50,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Open Society Foundations $350,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
Open Society Foundations $50,000 Women’s eNews
Otto Bremer Fdn $40,000 MinnPost
Otto Bremer Fdn $20,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
Otto Bremer Fdn $30,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
Otto Bremer Fdn $25,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
Palm Healthcare Fdn $61,100 Health News Florida
Panta Rhea Fdn $25,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
Panta Rhea Fdn $200,000 Voice of San Diego
Park Fdn $250,000 Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media
Park Fdn $150,000 Investigative Rept’g Workshop
Park Fdn $1,000,000 Independent Production Fund
Park Fdn $75,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $60,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $50,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $100,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $50,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $40,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $75,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
Park Fdn $75,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
Park Fdn $25,000 Democracy Now! Productions Inc.
Park Fdn $25,000 Democracy Now! Productions Inc.
Park Fdn $30,000 AlterNet
Park Fdn $10,000 AlterNet
Park Fdn $10,000 American Independent News Network
Park Fdn $15,000 American Independent News Network
Park Fdn $20,000 American Independent News Network
Park Fdn $175,000 American University

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