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Meet the New Media Makers
– and the Foundations that Make their News Sites Possible

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 today, J-Lab has tracked $135,859,660 million in grants awarded to at least 128 news projects in 19 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.

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Foundation	Location	Organization	Grants Since 2005
The Rauch Fdn	Garden City, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$30,000
The Charles H. Revson Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Gotham Gazette	$600,000
Rockefeller Brothers Fund	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$25,000
		Gotham Gazette	$180,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$50,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$300,000
		New York Cmty Media Alliance	$60,000
		AlterNet	$75,000
Rotasa Foundation	Mill Valley, Calif.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$22,000
RSF Global Community Fund	San Francisco, Calif.	AlterNet	$50,000
Helena Rubenstein Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$10,000
San Antonio Area Fdn	San Antonio, Texas	NOWCasts	$488,500
The San Diego Fdn	San Diego, Calif.	Women’s eNews	$9,852
		Voice of San Diego	$1,040,500
		Reg’l Info Intiative	$200,000
The San Francisco Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$42,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$13,500
Sandler Family Supporting Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$10,000
		ProPublica	$30,000,000
The SCAN Fdn	Long Beach, Calif.	Kaiser Health News	$200,000
The Scherman Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$45,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$70,000
The Schooner Foundation	Boston, Mass.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$9,917
Schumann Ctr for Media & Democracy	Montclair, N.J.	Center for Public Integrity	$500,000
		AlterNet	$635,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$270,000
Elaine and Gerald Schuster Foundation	Needham, Mass.	Schuster Institute for Investigative Journ	$5,000,000
Shifting Fdn	San Francisco Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$50,000
Joan Shorenstein Center	Cambridge, Mass.	Center for Public Integrity	$178,333
The Sister Fund	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$31,000
The Alfred P. Sloan Fund	New York, N.Y.	Gotham Gazette	$260,000
The Ted Snowdon Foundation	New York, N.Y.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$80,000

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