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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
Tides Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	Women’s eNews	$54,000
		AlterNet	$40,000
		AlterNet	$55,000
		American Independent News Network	$500,000
		American Independent News Network	$500,000
		American Independent News Network	$75,000
		American Independent News Network	$490,000
		American Independent News Network	$5,000
		American Independent News Network	$10,000
		American Independent News Network	$60,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$1,500
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$114,250
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$75,000
Tomorrow Foundation	New York, N.Y.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$100,000
Town Creek Fdn Inc.	Easton Md.	Center for Public Integrity	$210,000
		AlterNet	$25,000
Trio Fdn of St. Louis	St. Louis Mo.	St. Louis Beacon	$5,000
U.S. Institute of Peace	Washington, D.C.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$35,000
The Universal Health Care Fdn of Conn.	Meriden, Conn.	New Haven Independent	$185,000
Van Loben Sels/RembeRock Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$25,000
VantagePoint Venture Partners	San Bruno, Calif.	AllVoices	$3,000,000
W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$30,000
Wallace Genetic Fdn	Washington, D.C.	Fund for Investigative Journalism	$85,000
Wallace Global Fund	Washington, D.C.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$25,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$310,000
		AlterNet	$270,000
		AlterNet	$70,000
		American Independent News Network	$25,000
		American Independent News Network	$50,000
Nell Williams Family Fdn	Chicago, Ill.	Center for Public Integrity	$40,000
Winter Park Health Fdn	Winter Park, Fla.	Health News Florida	$77,000
The Woodheath Fdn	New York, N.Y.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$25,000
Woodward Walsh Fdn	Washington, D.C.	Fund for Investigative Journalism	$2,000
Working Assets	Atlanta, Ga.	Women’s eNews	$23,415
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$100,000
YouTube Project Report Services	--	Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$15,000
The Jacquelyn & Gregory Zehner Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$5,000
Zellerbach Family Fdn	San Francisco Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$135,000

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