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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 mid-2009, J-Lab has tracked nearly $128 million in grants awarded to at least 115 news projects in 17 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
Heinz Endowments	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Center for Public Integrity	$100,000
Hellman Family Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$100,000
Wm & Flora Hewlett Fdn	Menlo Park, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$1,200,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$75,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$1,392,000
Hunt Alternatives Fund	Cambridge, Mass.	Women’s eNews	$7,500
Roy A. Hunt Fdn	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$7,500
James Irvine Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$2,500,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$1,310,000
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism	Washington, D.C.	New Media Women Entrepreneurs	$60,000
		New Voices grants/46 sites	$1,081,000
JEHT Fdn (now closed)	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$723,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$300,000
		ProPublica	$25,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$50,000
Jewish Cmty Fdn of St. Louis	St. Louis, Mo.	St. Louis Beacon	$1,250
Johns Hopkins Schl of Public Health	Baltimore, Md.	Center for Public Integrity	$240,390
Robert Wood Johnson Fdn	Princeton, N.J.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$100,000
Walter S. Johnson Fdn	Menlo Park, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$150,000
The Joyce Fdn	Chicago Ill.	WBEZ (Neighborhood News Bureaus)	$325,000
		Wisconsin Eye	$50,000
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Fdn	Menlo Park, Calif.	Kaiser Health News	$1,900,000
Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara Miller Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$20,000
W. K. Kellogg Fdn	Battle Creek, Mich.	Investigative Rept’g Workshop	$25,000
		Women’s eNews	$300,000
The Kendeda Fund	Wilmington, Del.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$150,000
William A. Kerr Fdn	Alamo, Calif.	St. Louis Beacon	$20,000
The David L. Klein Jr. Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$20,000
John S. & James L. Knight Fdn	Miami, Fla.	Chi-Town Daily News	$435,000
		PlanPhilly	$100,000
		Comm Fdn of Palm Beach and Martin Counties	$916,084
		EveryBlock	$1,100,000
		Web journalism (Boulder)	$90,000
		St. Louis Beacon	$90,000
		MinnPost	$835,000
		New England Center for Investigative Reporting	$250,000
		Knight Cmty Info Challenge/21 sites	$5,031,515
		Wm Penn Fdn/Public School Notebook	$200,000
		New York news games (Gotham Gazette)	$250,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$1,507,000
		Spot.us	$340,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$575,000

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