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

Grant activity, to date:
• $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 today, J-Lab has 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.

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Project Archive

Foundation	Location	Organization	Grants Since 2005
The Cameron Foundation	Petersburg, Va.	Connect Network (1)	$145,241
Keith Campbell Fdn for the Environment	Baltimore, Md.	Center for Public Integrity	$150,000
		Clean Air Watch	$35,000
		Chesapeake Media Service	$80,000
		Bay Citizen	$5,000
		Society of Environmental Journalists	$10,000
The Carmel Hill Fund	New York, N.Y.	Fund for Investigative Journalism	$100
Carnegie Corp of New York	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$1,861,400
		Womenâ€™s eNews ⁽³⁾	$138,000
		AlterNet	$50,000
		American Independent News Network	$100,000
		Chicago Reporter	$50,000
		Chicago Reporter	$50,000
			$50,000
		Ctr for Investigative Reptâ€™g	$50,000
		Ctr for Investigative Reptâ€™g	$50,000
		Investigative Reptâ€™g Workshop	$50,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$200,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$300,000
		ProPublica	$150,000
		Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.	$1,000,000
		Harvard University	$570,000
		Arizona State University	$220,000
Marguerite Casey Fdn	Seattle, Wash.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$75,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$230,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$150,000
The Annie E. Casey Fdn	Baltimore, Md.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$50,000
Caw Foundation	Sacramento, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$10,000
Cedar Fund, Inc	New York, N.Y.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$2,570,703
Central Carolina Cmty Fdn	Columbia, S.C.	BG Time (1) ⁽¹⁾	$200,000
Central Corridor Funders Collaborative	St. Paul, Minn.	Twin Cities Daily Planet	$20,000
Challenge Fund for Journalism	New York, N.Y.	Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism	$75,000
		Chicago Reporter	$75,000
		Investigative Reptâ€™g Workshop	$75,000
		New York Cmty Media Alliance	$75,000
The Chicago Cmty Trust	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Matters	$3,660,000
		Hyper-local Information (1) ⁽¹⁾	$250,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$15,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$40,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$25,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$40,000
		Windy Citizen	$35,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$35,000
		Chicago Reporter	$35,000
		AustinTalks	$15,000
		AustinTalks	$45,000
		Chicago Reporter	$110,000
Chicago Fdn for Women	Chicago, Ill.	Womenâ€™s eNews ⁽³⁾	$5,000
Civitas Assoc (Carnegie Corp)	New York, N.Y.	Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$50,000
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation	New York, N.Y.	High Country News	$10,000
		High Country News	$10,000
Robert Sterling Clark Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Gotham Gazette	$40,000
		Gotham Gazette	$45,000
		Gotham Gazette	$60,000
		Gotham Gazette	$60,000
		Gotham Gazette	$60,000
Cloud Mountain Foundation	New York, N.Y.	AlterNet	$62,000
		AlterNet	$25,000
The Cmty Fdn for Greater New Haven	New Haven, Conn.	New Haven Independent	$202,500
		New Haven Independent	$75,000
		New Haven Independent	$245,000
Cmty Fdn of South Alabama	Mobile, Ala.	Southwest Alabama Community Network (1) ⁽¹⁾	$100,000
Cmty Fdn Serving Richmond & Central Virginia	Richmond, Va.	Connect Network (1) ⁽¹⁾	$120,000
		Connect Network (1)	$6,542

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LEGEND

¹Matching grants for Knight Community Information Challenge (21 sites).
²These seven foundations work as a collaborative under the Florida Health Policy Center.
³These funds were given through the Fund for the City of New York. (Women’s eNews and the New York Cmty Media Alliance have received corporate funding, which is not included.)
⁴Projects are directly funded by the sponsoring foundation.

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