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
Colombe Foundation	Amherst, Mass.	Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$65,000
The Community Fdn for Monterey County	Monterey, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$9,000
Community Fdn for Greater South Wood Cty	Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.	Community Information 2.0 (1) ⁽¹⁾	$87,500
The Community Fdn Serving Boulder Cty	Boulder, Colo.	A Civic Blast (1) ⁽¹⁾	$100,000
Community Foundation for Monterey County	Monterey, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$9,000
The Community Foundation of Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	Center for Public Integrity	$10,000
Compton Foundation, Inc.	Redwood City, Calif.	Center for Public Integrity	$15,000
		AlterNet	$25,000
		Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress	$2,000
Connecticut Health Fdn	New Britain, Conn.	New Haven Independent	$22,000
		New Haven Independent	$40,000
		The Connecticut News Project	$125,000
The Coral Gables Fdn	Coral Gables, Fla.	Bridging the Digital ’ Grey Divide’ (1) ⁽¹⁾	$155,967
Cow Hollow Fdn	Larkspur, Calif.	Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$30,000
S.H. Cowell Foundation	San Francisco, Calif.	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$60,000
Cox Family Fund	Minneapolis, Minn.	MinnPost	$50,000
		MinnPost	$10,000
		MinnPost	$50,395
Cricket Island Foundation	--	New America Media/Pacific News Svc	$5,000
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
The Danford Foundation	St. Louis, Mo.	St. Louis Beacon	$1,250,000
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
		Investigative Rept’g Workshop	$100,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$50,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$25,000
		Ctr for Investigative Rept’g	$200,000
The Denver Foundation	Denver, Colo.	High Country News	$1,250
		High Country News	$1,250
		High Country News	$1,250
		High Country News	$1,250
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

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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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