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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
The Lazar Foundation $3,000 High Country News
The Lazar Foundation $2,500 High Country News
The Lazar Foundation $2,500 High Country News
The Legler Benbough Fdn $70,000 Voice of San Diego
The Libra Foundation $25,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Libra Foundation $15,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Libra Foundation $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Libra Foundation $125,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Libra Foundation $15,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The McKay Foundation $94,108 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The McKay Foundation $25,000 AlterNet
The McKay Foundation $10,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Minneapolis Fdn $100,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $1,500 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $5,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $25,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $20,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $20,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $1,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $42,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $5,000 MinnPost
The Minneapolis Fdn $50,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $27,100 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $50,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $2,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $50,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $1,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Minneapolis Fdn $35,000 Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Nathan Cummings Fdn $300,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Nathan Cummings Fdn $275,000 AlterNet
The Nathan Cummings Fdn $307,500 Center for Public Integrity
The New York Times Co. Fnd $20,000 Gotham Gazette
The Oregon Community Foundation $2,500 High Country News
The Oregon Community Foundation $20,000 High Country News
The Oregon Community Foundation $25,000 High Country News
The Oregon Community Foundation $2,500 High Country News
The Oregon Community Foundation $5,000 High Country News
The Overbrook Fdn $35,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The Overbrook Fdn $20,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Overbrook Fdn $25,000 National Public Radio
The Overbrook Fdn $40,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Overbrook Fdn $180,000 New America Media/Pacific News Svc
The Overbrook Fdn $60,000 New York Cmty Media Alliance
The Park City Fdn $86,740 Carbon and Water Footprint
The Pew Charitable Trusts $35,000 Center for Public Integrity
The Pew Charitable Trusts $7,500,000 Stateline.org
The Philadelphia Fdn $20,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Phileona Foundation $50,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
The Phileona Foundation $50,000 Fund for Investigative Journalism
The Puffin Foundation $50,000 Nation Institute Investigative Fund
The Quantum Fdn $75,000 Health News Florida
The Rauch Fdn $30,000 Center for Public Integrity
The Reva & David Logan Fdn $500,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Richard H. Driehaus Fdn $30,000 Chicago Reporter
The Richard H. Driehaus Fdn $64,000 Cmty Media Workshop
The Richard H. Driehaus Fdn $30,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g
The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation $50,000 Connect Network
The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona $10,000 High Country News
The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona $10,000 High Country News
The San Diego Fdn $5,000 High Country News
The San Diego Fdn $200,000 The People’s Post
The San Diego Fdn $3,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $2,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $10,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $1,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $10,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $1,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $12,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $45,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $6,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $12,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $1,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $5,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $18,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $150,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $2,500 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $100,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $2,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $1,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $197,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $50,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $5,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $1,000 Voice of San Diego
The San Diego Fdn $9,852 Women’s eNews
The San Francisco Fdn $6,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $2,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $5,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $2,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $4,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $1,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $1,730 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $4,500 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $2,000 Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress
The San Francisco Fdn $1,000 Ctr for Investigative Rept’g

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