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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
The Arca Fdn $250,000 AlterNet
The Arca Fdn $50,000 Center for Public Integrity
The Atlantic Philanthropies $500,000 Huffington Post Investigative Fund
The Atlantic Philanthropies $100,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Atlantic Philanthropies $2,090,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Atlantic Philanthropies $25,000 ProPublica
The Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn $75,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn $513,219 New York Cmty Media Alliance
The Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn $10,000 Washington News Council
The Boston Fdn $20,000 American Independent News Network
The Boston Fdn $200,000 CommonWealth Magazine
The Boston Fdn $25,000 New England Ethnic Newswire
The Bothin Foundation $23,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The California Endowment $440,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The California Endowment $3,500 National Association of Black Journalists
The California Endowment $731,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The California Endowment $500,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The California Endowment $310,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The California Endowment $303,446 Pacific News Service
The California Endowment $400,000 Pacific News Service
The California Endowment $10,000 Pacific News Service
The California Endowment $10,000 Pacific News Service
The California Endowment $340,000 Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
The California Endowment $70,522 Spot.us
The California Endowment $200,000 The Bay Area News Project
The California Endowment $154,000 The McClatchy Company
The California Endowment $600,000 Tides Center
The California Endowment $35,000 University of Southern California
The California Endowment $3,316,671 University of Southern California
The California Endowment $190,000 Youth Radio
The California Endowment $90,000 ZeroDivide
The Cameron Foundation $145,241 Connect Network
The Carmel Hill Fund $100 Fund for Investigative Journalism
The Charles H. Revson Fdn $600,000 Gotham Gazette
The Charles H. Revson Fdn $15,000 Bronx News Network
The Charles H. Revson Fdn $300,000 WNYC Radio
The Charles H. Revson Fdn $400,000 WNYC Radio
The Chicago Cmty Trust $250,000 Hyper-local Information
The Chicago Cmty Trust $15,000 AustinTalks
The Chicago Cmty Trust $45,000 AustinTalks
The Chicago Cmty Trust $3,660,000 Chicago Matters
The Chicago Cmty Trust $35,000 Chicago Reporter
The Chicago Cmty Trust $110,000 Chicago Reporter
The Chicago Cmty Trust $15,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Chicago Cmty Trust $40,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Chicago Cmty Trust $25,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Chicago Cmty Trust $40,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Chicago Cmty Trust $35,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Chicago Cmty Trust $35,000 Windy Citizen
The Cmty Fdn for Greater New Haven $202,500 New Haven Independent
The Cmty Fdn for Greater New Haven $75,000 New Haven Independent
The Cmty Fdn for Greater New Haven $245,000 New Haven Independent
The Community Fdn for Monterey County $9,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Community Fdn Serving Boulder Cty $100,000 A Civic Blast
The Community Foundation of Louisville $10,000 Center for Public Integrity
The Coral Gables Fdn $155,967 Bridging the Digital Grey Divide
The CS Fund $58,000 New Haven Independent
The Danford Foundation $1,250,000 St. Louis Beacon
The David & Lucille Packard Fdn $240,000 High Country News
The David & Lucille Packard Fdn $10,000 AlterNet
The David & Lucille Packard Fdn $250,000 Center for Public Integrity
The David & Lucille Packard Fdn $150,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The David B. Gold Fdn $50,000 Center for Public Integrity
The David B. Gold Fdn $50,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The David L. Klein Jr. Fdn $20,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Denver Foundation $1,250 High Country News
The Denver Foundation $1,250 High Country News
The Denver Foundation $1,250 High Country News
The Denver Foundation $1,250 High Country News
The Dudley Fdn $36,500 Center for Public Integrity
The Dyson Foundation $62,500 American Independent News Network
The Evjue Foundation, Inc. $5,000 Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism
The Field Foundation of Illinois $7,500 Cmty Media Workshop
The Field Foundation of Illinois $7,500 Cmty Media Workshop
The Fred Gellert Family Fdn $18,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Freedom Forum, Inc $1,000 Gotham Gazette
The Funding Exchange $10,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Funding Exchange $45,000 AlterNet
The Funding Exchange $10,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Gunzenhauser-Chapin Fund Inc. $4,900 Center for Public Integrity
The Gunzenhauser-Chapin Fund Inc. $22,700 Center for Public Integrity
The Harnisch Fnd $10,000 MinnPost
The Harnisch Fnd $1,000,000 Center for Sustainable Journalism
The Harnisch Fnd $61,000 Representative Journalism
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Fdn $1,900,000 Kaiser Health News
The Herb Block Fdn $25,000 Chi-Town Daily News
The Irving Harris Foundation $50,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Irving Harris Foundation $50,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Irving Harris Foundation $75,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Irving Harris Foundation $50,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Jacquelyn & Gregory Zehner Fdn $5,000 Women’s eNews
The Janey Fund Charitable Trust $15,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The JKW Foundation $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The JKW Foundation $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Joyce Fdn $100,000 Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources
The Joyce Fdn $325,000 WBEZ
The Joyce Fdn $50,000 Wisconsin Eye
The Kendeda Fund $125,000 High Country News
The Kendeda Fund $125,000 High Country News
The Kendeda Fund $150,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g

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