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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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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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