Funding search · EIN 460781654 · Wilmington, DE

Local Independent Online News Publishers

Name: Local Independent Online News Publishers grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

443
grants reported: $8.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

sustainability audit cycle lion awards booster revenue growth

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

139 grants matching “audit” · $2.0M

$49,000
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
OKC Free Press Sustainability Audit
$35,000
Fresnoland Media · Fresno, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$35,000
The 016 Llc · Holden, MA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$29,000
The Lansing Journal · Lansing, IL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$29,000
The Red Hook Daily Catch · Red Hook, NY · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$27,300
The Appeal · Landers, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$27,300
La Noticia · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Cityview Media Llc · Fayetteville, NC · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Kob Publishing Llc · New York, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Miles Media Consulting Management · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Tina Traster Productions Llc · Valley Cottage, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
CA Health Report Audit funding 2022 Cycl
$26,000
Indonesian Lantern Media Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Now Network News Llc · Clarkesville, GA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Gales Creek Journal · Portland, OR · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$20,000
Education in Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Gig Harbor Now · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Jackalope Media Llc · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Broken Arrow Sentinel · Broken Arrow, OK · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Justin Pardee · Riverside, CA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Local News Llc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Lost Coast Communications · Ferndale, CA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Namaste Media · Corona, NY · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Nerve Media Productions Llc · Charlotte, NC · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
New York Focus News · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Oil City News Llc · Casper, WY · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Open Collective Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Ab&C Bilingual Resources Llc · Wichita, KS · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Teletrends · Denver, CO · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
The Border Chronicle Llc · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
The Record Community News Group · Wilmette, IL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Investigative Newsource · San Diego, CA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Island Matters · South Padre Island, TX · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Jackson Hole Community Radio · Jackson, WY · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Joseph Clyde Hughes Jr · Millville, NJ · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Princeton Community Media Llc · Princeton, NJ · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Silicon Hills News · Wimberley, TX · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Mendocino News Media Llc · Ukiah, CA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Long Beach Journalism Initiative · Long Beach, CA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Magnolia Media Company Llc · Ocala, FL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Main Street Daily News Gainesville · Winter Park, FL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Media Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
The Frisc Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Muckrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
MLK50 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Publicsource · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Your Arlington · Arlington, MA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Perfect Duluth Day · Duluth, MN · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Empower Local Media Llc · Seaside, CA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Ashland News · Ashland, OR · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Bas Holdings Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Boldlatina Digital Group Pbc · Daly City, CA · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Philomath News Llc · Philomath, OR · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Chapman Hyperlocal Media · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Civiclex Incorporated · Lexington, KY · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Saco Bay News · Old Orchard Beach, ME · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Right Down Euclid · Lakewood, OH · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
San Antonio Report · San Antonio, TX · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
San Francisco Public Press · San Francisco, CA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
The Altamont Enterprise & Albany Co · Altamont, NY · 2023
Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
The Osage Nation · Pawhuska, OK · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Tresp Magazine Llc · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit - Booster
$20,000
Underscore Media Collaboration · Portland, OR · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Voice News Network · Atlanta, GA · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$20,000
Post Publishing · Prairie Village, KS · 2023
2023 Sustainability Audit
$15,000
The Bedford Citizen · Bedford, MA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
Higgins Marketing & Media Prod · Federalsburg, MD · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
Pedaltown Media · Portland, OR · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
Association of Ind in Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4 for Local Swi
$6,000
Examiner Media Llc · Mount Kisco, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
The Northeast Florida Journalism · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
Taco Intl Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$6,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$23,348
Hoisington Sperling & Sons Llc (Dba Madison Minutes) · Madison, WI · 2022
Gni boot camp, sustainability audit, startups lab, lion awards prizes
$16,500
The Current Media · Lafayette, LA · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$16,000
Robert Davis Shaver Jr (Dba Lebanon Publishing Company Lebtown) · Lebanon, PA · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$16,000
Tresp Magazine Llc (Dba Southwest Contemporary) · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$16,000
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$16,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$16,000
Sticky Wicket Media Llc · Excelsior Springs, MO · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$11,000
Four Points Media · Garryowen, MT · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$11,000
Center for Community Stewardship · Madison, WI · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$11,000
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Gni startups lab, sustainability audit
$10,348
Central Florida Community News Inc (Dba Oviedo Community News) · Orlando, FL · 2022
Gni startups boot camp, sustainability audit
$9,000
Jackson Hole Community Radio · Jackson, WY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship, lion awards prize
$9,000
North State Community Journalism Project (Dba Shasta Scout) · Redding, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, lion awards prizes
$9,000
Blf Media (Dba the Kansas City Defender) · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship, lion awards prize
$8,500
Borderless Magazine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship, lion awards prize
$8,000
Wausau Pilot & Review · Wausau, WI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$7,500
Beacon Media · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$7,000
Bay City News Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
Perfect Duluth Day · Duluth, MN · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
Planet Detroit Llc · Rochester, MI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
Linking Community Now Inc (Dba Lkldnow) · Lakeland, FL · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
Black Mountain Media Inc Dba Tucson Sentinel · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
Unpretentious Palate Llc · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,500
San Francisco Public Press · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,250
Teletrends · Denver, CO · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,250
Queerency Llc · Manchaca, TX · 2022
Gni sustainability audit, travel scholarship
$6,000
New York Focus · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Poiesis Llc · Moab, UT · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Public Media Network · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
San Jose News Bureau · Turlock, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Streetlight · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post · Altamont, NY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
The Land Cle · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
The Osage Nation · Pawhuska, OK · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
The Red Hook Daily Catch · Red Hook, NY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Valley Voice Media Llc · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Vermont Independent Media Inc (Dba the Commons) · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
9 Millones Llc · San Juan, PR · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
What'S Up Newp Llc · Newport, RI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Advocate Media - Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Benitolink · Hollister, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Canopy Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Capital of Texas Media Foundation (Dba Austin Monitor) · Austin, TX · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Chatham Media Group Llc · Siler City, NC · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
City Limits News · New York, NY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Coachella Valley Independent Llc · Cathedral City, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Communication Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Community Shares of Mid Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Davitt Publishing (Dba Indianola Independent Advocate) · Indianola, IA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
East Greenwich News · East Greenwich, RI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Ecori News · Providence, RI · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Electric Valley Media Llc · Ellenville, NY · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Gettysburg Connection · Gettysburg, PA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Harpswell News · Harpswell, ME · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Investigate West · Seattle, WA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Island Matters · South Padre Island, TX · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Joseph Clyde Hughes Jr (Dba Ac Joseph Media) · Millville, NJ · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Lexobserver · Lexington, MA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Local Reporting Lab Initiative · Boulder, CO · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Lol Dudez Llc · Burien, WA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Mendocino News Media Llc (Dba the Mendocino Voice) · Ukiah, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting · Champaign, IL · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
Mission Local Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gni sustainability audit
$6,000
New Mexico in Depth · Rio Rancho, NM · 2022
Gni sustainability audit

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Tiny News Collective2 grants · $129,000
Institute for Nonprofit News2 grants · $120,000
Independent Arts & Media1 grant · $65,251
Fort Worth Report1 grant · $63,251
Spokane Workers Cooperative Lca1 grant · $59,000
Southerly1 grant · $57,166
Advocate Foundation Inc Dba Dallas Free Press1 grant · $55,000
News Revenue Hub1 grant · $49,910
Informed California Foundation1 grant · $49,250
Grey Matter Media Llc1 grant · $49,250

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$3.3M

2023

$3.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 443 grants.

$80,000
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
$80,000
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
$65,251
Independent Arts & Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, gni startups lab, travel scholarship
$63,251
Fort Worth Report · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, lion awards prizes
$59,000
Spokane Workers Cooperative Lca · Spokane, WA · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, travel scholarship
$57,166
Southerly · Louisville, KY · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, lion awards prizes, travel scholarship
$55,000
Advocate Foundation Inc Dba Dallas Free Press · Dallas, TX · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship
$49,910
News Revenue Hub · San Diego, CA · 2022
Revenue share/direct cost reimbursement for inss event
$49,250
Grey Matter Media Llc · Columbus, OH · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship
$49,250
Informed California Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship
$49,000
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
OKC Free Press Sustainability Audit
$47,084
Haitinex Media Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, travel scholarship
$44,333
Green Philly Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, travel scholarship
$40,600
Coachella Valley Independent Llc · Cathedral City, CA · 2024
$40,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
$40,000
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Cycle 1 Booster - Shasta Scout
$39,501
Muckrock Foundation · Somerville, MA · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship
$38,916
Juan Fernando Soto Martinez (New Digital Press Llc) · Charleston, SC · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, travel scholarship
$36,300
Advocate Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
LION Awards
$35,000
Fresnoland Media · Fresno, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$35,000
The 016 Llc · Holden, MA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$31,020
Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Award
$30,834
Green Philly Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Revenue Growth Fellowship
$30,300
The Political Report · Washington, DC · 2023
LION Awards
$29,334
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group (Dba Mississippi Free Press) · Jackson, MS · 2022
Revenue growth fellowship, travel scholarship
$29,332
Outlier Media · Detroit, MI · 2023
LION Awards
$29,000
Central Florida Community News · Orlando, FL · 2023
Sustainability Lab
$29,000
Local Reporting Lab Initiative · Boulder, CO · 2023
Sustainability Lab
$29,000
Poiesis Llc · Moab, UT · 2023
Sustainability Lab
$29,000
Queerency Llc · Manchaca, TX · 2023
Cycle 1 Booster
$29,000
Streetlight · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Sustainability Lab
$29,000
The Lansing Journal · Lansing, IL · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$29,000
The Red Hook Daily Catch · Red Hook, NY · 2023
Sustainability Audit
$27,600
Muckrock Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
$27,300
Cardinal Productions · Roanoke, VA · 2023
LION Awards
$27,300
La Noticia · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$27,300
The Appeal · Landers, CA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,300
Santa Cruz Local Llc · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
LION Award Winners
$26,250
Grey Matter Media Llc · Columbus, OH · 2023
Revenue Growth Fellowship
$26,250
Informed California Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Revenue Growth Fellowship
$26,000
Cityview Media Llc · Fayetteville, NC · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Connecticut News Project · Hartford, CT · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Gales Creek Journal · Portland, OR · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Indonesian Lantern Media Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Kob Publishing Llc · New York, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Miles Media Consulting Management · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Now Network News Llc · Clarkesville, GA · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$26,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
CA Health Report Audit funding 2022 Cycl
$26,000
Tina Traster Productions Llc · Valley Cottage, NY · 2023
Audit funding 2022 Cycle 4
$23,500
Block Club Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
$23,348
Hoisington Sperling & Sons Llc (Dba Madison Minutes) · Madison, WI · 2022
Gni boot camp, sustainability audit, startups lab, lion awards prizes
$23,100
Canopy Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
$23,100
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
$22,500
Borderless Magazine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
$22,500
Technically Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
$21,300
Arizona Local Post · Tucson, AZ · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
Highlands Current · Cold Spring, NY · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2023
LION Awards winner
$21,300
New Mexico in Depth · Rio Rancho, NM · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
North Carolina Longform Magazine · Durham, NC · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
Prison Journalism Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
The Center for Michigan · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
The Food Section · North Charleston, SC · 2023
LION Awards
$21,300
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd · Montpelier, VT · 2023
LION Awards
$21,200
The Local Journalism Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
$21,200
Verified News Network Llc · Broken Arrow, OK · 2024
$21,049
Mississippi Journalism & Education · Jackson, MS · 2023
Final RGF payment
$20,600
Advocate Foundation Inc Dba Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
$20,600
Afrola Media Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
$20,600
Anchor Media Llc · Hingham, MA · 2024
$20,600
Clayton Carte · Locust Grove, GA · 2024
$20,600
Clearhealthcostscom · Pelham, NY · 2024
$20,600
Jesus Sanchez Jr · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
$20,600
Larry Persily · Anchorage, AK · 2024
$20,600
Lee Publishing Company · Sacramento, CA · 2024
$20,600
Local Journalism Initiative · Wilmington, DE · 2024
$20,600
Lookout Publications · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
$20,600
Mississippi Journalism and Educatio · Jackson, MS · 2024
$20,600
Montclair Local Nonprofit News · Montclair, NJ · 2024
$20,600
Narrative Arts · Wilmington, NC · 2024
$20,600
Newsberg Media Llc · Newberg, OR · 2024
$20,600
North Island Llc Dba the Coronado · Coronado, CA · 2024
$20,600
Smithbarbieri Progressive Fund a · Spokane, WA · 2024
$20,600
Sopris Sun · Carbondale, CO · 2024
$20,600
Southeast Ohio Independent News · Athens, OH · 2024
$20,600
Steven Jon Hanson · Menomonie, WI · 2024
$20,600
The Bedford Citizen · Bedford, MA · 2024
$20,600
The Georgiavoice Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2024
$20,600
Tucson Investigative Reporting Cent · Tucson, AZ · 2024
$20,600
Urbaanite Llc · Nashville, TN · 2024
$20,600
Voice Publishing Company · Dallas, TX · 2024
$20,000
Alameda Post · Alameda, CA · 2024
$20,000
Ansel J Sears · Rye, NY · 2024
$20,000
Asheville Watchdog · Asheville, NC · 2024
$20,000
Baltimore Witness · Washington, DC · 2024
$20,000
Beacon Media · Kansas City, MO · 2024
$20,000
Benitolink · Hollister, CA · 2024
$20,000
Bg Independent · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
$20,000
Black Catholic Messenger Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
$20,000
Black Girl Media Llc · Cleveland, OH · 2024

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.