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

Grant activity, to date:
• $185,721,432
• 274 foundations
• 146 news projects
• 775 grants
• 23 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 $185,721,432 million in grants awarded to at least 146 news projects in 23 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
MAC AIDS Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$201,900
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Fdn	Chicago, Ill.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$75,000
		ProPublica	$250,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$900,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$750,000
		Chicago Reporter	$150,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$600,000
		Investigative Rept’g Workshop	$600,000
		ProPublica	$500,000
Madison Community Foundation	Madison, Wis.	AlterNet	$10,000
Manatee Community Foundation	Bradenton Fla.	Manatee Connects (1)	$37,000
Marisla Fdn	Laguna Beach, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$15,000
Markle Foundation	New York, N.Y.	Huffington Post Investigative Fund	$249,300
McCormick Fdn	Chicago, Ill.	Twin Cities Daily Planet	$80,000
		Women’s eNews ⁽³⁾	$70,000
		Chicago Reporter	$428,000
		New York Cmty Media Alliance	$100,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$490,000
		New England Ethnic Newswire	$30,000
		Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$100,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$150,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$160,000
		Chicago Reporter	$175,000
		Investigative News Network	$75,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$200,000
		New England Center for Investigative Reporting	$50,000
The McKay Foundation	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$10,000
		AlterNet	$25,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$94,108
McKnight Fdn	Minneapolis, Minn.	MinnPost	$120,000
		MinnPost	$40,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$30,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$70,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$90,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$35,000
Media Democracy Fund	Washington, D.C.	New York Cmty Media Alliance	$25,000
Medtronic Fdn	Minneapolis, Minn.	MinnPost	$5,000
Melville Charitable Trust	Boston, Mass.	The Connecticut News Project	$100,000
The Minneapolis Fdn	Minneapolis, Minn.	MinnPost ⁽¹⁾	$100,000
		MinnPost	$5,000
		MinnPost	$42,000
		MinnPost	$1,000
		MinnPost	$20,000
		MinnPost	$20,000
		MinnPost	$25,000
		MinnPost	$5,000
		MinnPost	$1,500
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$50,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$27,100
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$50,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$2,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$50,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$35,000
		Twin Cities Daily Planet	$1,000
Minnesota Community Fdn (also The St. Paul Fdn)	St. Paul, Minn.	Idea MN (1) ⁽¹⁾	$500,000
Missouri Foundation for Health	St. Louis, Mo.	St. Louis Beacon	$100,000
Missouri Foundation for Health	St. Louis, Mo.
Moore Family Fdn	Los Altos Hills, Calif.	New York Cmty Media Alliance	$25,000
		Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$200,000
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	Flint, Mich.	Cmty Media Workshop	$125,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$100,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$40,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$75,000
Stewart R. Mott Foundation	Washington, D.C.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$10,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$1,500
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$30,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$7,500
		Center for Public Integrity	$7,500
		High Country News	$10,000
		High Country News	$10,000
Ms. Fdn for Women	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Women’s eNews ⁽³⁾	$30,500

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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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