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
The Philadelphia Fdn	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$20,000
The Phileona Foundation	Minneapolis, Minn.	Fund for Investigative Journalism	$50,000
		Fund for Investigative Journalism	$50,000
Polk Bros Foundation, Inc.	Chicago, Ill.	Cmty Media Workshop	$25,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$30,000
		Cmty Media Workshop	$30,000
Popplestone Fdn	Boston, Mass.	Center for Public Integrity	$1,450,000
Irwin Andrew Porter Fdn	Minneapolis, Minn.	Twin Cities Daily Planet	$800
Abra Prentice Fdn	Chicago, Ill.	Chi-Town Daily News	$50,000
Price Family Charitable Fund	San Diego Calif.	Center for Public Integrity	$25,000
Lynn R. & Karl E. Prickett Fund	Greensboro, N.C.	Center for Public Integrity	$40,000
Prince Charitable Trusts	Chicago, Ill.	Center for Public Integrity	$60,000
Public Welfare Fdn	Washington, D.C.	Investigative Rept’g Workshop	$10,000
The Puffin Foundation	Teaneck, N.J.	Nation Institute Investigative Fund	$50,000
Emily Rauh Pulitzer Foundation	St. Louis, Mo.	Pulitzer Ctr on Crisis Reporting	$1,763,000
		St. Louis Beacon	$500,000
The Quantum Fdn	West Palm Beach, Fla.	Health News Florida ⁽²⁾	$75,000
Quixote Foundation, Inc.	Seattle, Wash.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$25,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$25,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$50,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$50,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$35,000
		American Independent News Network	$15,000
		American Independent News Network	$15,000
Michael and Paula Rantz Foundation	N.Y.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$15,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$10,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$4,500
Bernard & Audre Rapoport Fdn	Waco, Texas	Nation Institute Investigative Fund	$50,000
The Rauch Fdn	Garden City, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$30,000
The Charles H. Revson Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Gotham Gazette	$600,000
Rockefeller Brothers Fund	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews ⁽³⁾	$25,000
		Gotham Gazette	$180,000
		New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$50,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$300,000
		New York Cmty Media Alliance	$60,000
		AlterNet	$75,000
		Nation Institute Investigative Fund	$25,000
The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona	Scottsdale, Ariz.	High Country News	$10,000
		High Country News	$10,000

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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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