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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If you’ve awarded a grant or received a grant for a news initiative and it’s not in this database, please tell us and we’ll add it.

Project Archive

Foundation	Location	Organization	Grants Since 2005
Rosenburg Foundation	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$10,000
RSF Global Community Fund	San Francisco, Calif.	AlterNet	$50,000
Helena Rubenstein Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews ⁽³⁾	$10,000
San Antonio Area Fdn	San Antonio, Texas	NOWCast SA (1) ⁽¹⁾	$488,500
The San Diego Fdn	San Diego, Calif.	Women’s eNews ⁽³⁾	$9,852
		The People’s Post (1) ⁽¹⁾	$200,000
		High Country News	$5,000
		Voice of San Diego	$3,000
		Voice of San Diego	$2,500
		Voice of San Diego	$10,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$1,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$10,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$1,000
		Voice of San Diego	$12,500
		Voice of San Diego	$45,000
		Voice of San Diego	$12,500
		Voice of San Diego	$6,500
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$1,000
		Voice of San Diego	$5,000
		Voice of San Diego	$18,500
		Voice of San Diego	$2,500
		Voice of San Diego	$150,000
		Voice of San Diego	$100,000
		Voice of San Diego	$2,000
		Voice of San Diego	$1,000
		Voice of San Diego	$197,000
		Voice of San Diego	$50,000
		Voice of San Diego	$1,000
		Voice of San Diego	$5,000
The San Francisco Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$42,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$1,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$5,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$5,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$2,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$4,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$1,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$2,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$4,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$4,500
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$2,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$2,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$5,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$1,730
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$6,000
Sandler Family Supporting Fdn	San Francisco, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$10,000
		ProPublica	$30,000,000
Sara Lee Foundation	Downers Grove, Ill.	Cmty Media Workshop	$20,000
The SCAN Fdn	Long Beach, Calif.	Kaiser Health News	$600,000
The Scherman Fdn	New York, N.Y.	Center for Public Integrity	$70,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
The Schmidt Family Foundation	Palo Alto, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$500,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$300,000
The Schooner Foundation	Boston, Mass.
Schumann Ctr for Media & Democracy	Montclair, N.J.	Center for Public Integrity	$500,000
		AlterNet	$635,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$270,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$15,000
		Huffington Post Investigative Fund	$1,500,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$45,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$50,000
Elaine and Gerald Schuster Foundation	Needham, Mass.	Schuster Institute for Investigative Journ	$5,000,000
The Seattle Foundation	Seattle, Wash.	High Country News	$2,500
		High Country News	$2,500
		High Country News	$3,000
		High Country News	$3,000
Shifting Fdn	San Francisco Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$50,000
Joan Shorenstein Center	Cambridge, Mass.	Center for Public Integrity	$178,333
Silicon Valley Community Foundation	Mountain View, Calif.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$25,000
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation	New York, N.Y.	New York Cmty Media Alliance	$45,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$25,000
		Center for Public Integrity	$25,000
		ProPublica	$7,500
The Sister Fund	New York, N.Y.	Women’s eNews	$15,000
		Women’s eNews	$12,000
		Women’s eNews	$10,000
			$15,000

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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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