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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 $163,368,089 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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Project Archive

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Foundation	Location	Organization	Grants Since 2005
The Coral Gables Fdn	Coral Gables, Fla.	Bridging the Digital ’ Grey Divide’ (1)	$155,967
Cow Hollow Fdn	Larkspur, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$30,000
Cox Family Fund	Minneapolis, Minn.	MinnPost	$110,395
The CS Fund	Freestone, Calif.	New Haven Independent	$58,000
The Nathan Cummings Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$300,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$307,500
		AlterNet	$275,000
Deer Creek Fdn	St. Louis Mo.	Center for Public Integrity	$400,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$200,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$200,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$200,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$200,000
The Richard H. Driehaus Fdn	Chicago Ill.	Cmty Media Workshop	$64,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$30,000
		Chicago Reporter	$30,000
The Dudley Fdn	Bellingham, Wash.	Center for Public Integrity	$36,500
Jessie Ball duPont Fund	Jacksonville, Fla.	Health News Florida	$50,000
Educational Fdn of America	Westport, Conn.	Center for Public Integrity	$130,000
		Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$100,000
Elias Foundation	Pleasantville, N.Y.	AlterNet	$1,000
Victor Elmaleh Foundation	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$1,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$6,000
Epstein Philanthropies	New York, N.Y.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$5,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$5,000
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fdn	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$85,000
		Investigative Rept’g Workshop	$75,000
		Government in My Backyard	$54,450
		Chi-Town Daily News	$25,000
		Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism	$100,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$192,956
		Fund for Investigative Journalism	$100,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$150,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$100,000
		Fund for Investigative Journalism	$100,000
		Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$50,000
		Fund for Investigative Journalism	$100,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$76,133
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$12,629
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$6,439
Ettinger Foundation Inc.	Westport, Conn.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$10,000
Everett Philanthropic Fund (at the New York Cmty Trust)	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$52,800
The Evjue Foundation, Inc.	Madison, Wis.	Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Journalism	$5,000
Fdn for The Carolinas	Charlotte, N.C.	Virtual Community Library (1)	$50,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$51,000
The Field Foundation of Illinois	Chicago, Ill.	Cmty Media Workshop	$7,500
		Cmty Media Workshop	$7,500
Fisher-Cummings Family Fdn	Detroit, Mich.	Women’s eNews	$5,000

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