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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 $164,455,589 million in grants awarded to at least 137 news projects in 20 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 SCAN Fdn	Long Beach, Calif.	Kaiser Health News	$200,000
The Scherman Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$70,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
The Schmidt Family Foundation	Palo Alto, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$500,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$300,000
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
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
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
The St. Paul Fdn	St. Paul Minn.	Twin Cities Daily Planet	$60,000
Toni Stabile Investigative Project Fund	New York, N.Y.	Stabile Ctr for Investigative Journ	$1,000,000
The Stanley Fdn	Muscatine, Iowa	Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$105,000
Marajen Stevick Fdn	Champaign Ill.	Access to Basic Info (1)	$50,000
The Streisand Fdn	Santa Monica, Calif.	Center for Public Integrity	$20,000
		American Independent News Network	$10,000
Surdna Fdn	New York, N.Y.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$70,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$325,000
		American Independent News Network	$25,000
		American Independent News Network	$50,000
		American Independent News Network	$50,000
TCC Group	New York, N.Y.	Fund for Investigative Journalism	$22,222
The Stuart Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$175,000
Threshold Foundation	San Francisco, Calif.	AlterNet	$21,000

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