Funding search · EIN 473209957 · McLean, VA

Tegna Foundation

Name: Tegna Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

343
grants reported: $10.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Rochester Area Community Foundation2 grants · $3.1M
Benevity3 grants · $1.9M
Rochester Area Community Foundation Fund1 grant · $1.6M
Yourcause1 grant · $1.0M
American Online Giving Foundation1 grant · $211,396
National Association of Black Journalists3 grants · $120,000
Greenspace Dallas1 grant · $75,000
Benevity1 grant · $61,789
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press2 grants · $55,000
University of Colorado Foundation3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$3.8M

2022

$3.2M

2023

$2.9M

2024

$212,321

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 343 grants.

$1.6M
Rochester Area Community Foundation Fund · Rochester, NY · 2022
General support
$1.6M
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Yourcause · Plano, TX · 2022
General support
$802,547
Benevity · Newark, DE · 2023
General support
$680,752
Benevity · Newark, DE · 2024
General support
$378,522
Benevity · Newark, DE · 2022
General support
$211,396
American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2025
General support
$75,000
Greenspace Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
General support
$61,789
Benevity · Newark, DE · 2024
General support
$50,000
United To Learn · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$40,000
National Association of Black Journalists · College Park, MD · 2024
General support
$40,000
National Association of Black Journalists · College Park, MD · 2023
General support
$40,000
National Association of Black Journalists · College Park, MD · 2022
General support
$40,000
Vital Voices Global Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$30,000
University of South Dakota Foundation · Vermillion, SD · 2023
General support
$30,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$25,000
Broadcasters Fndn of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Nahj Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
University of Colorado Foundation · D, CO · 2024
General support
$25,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Carole Kneeland Project · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
National Association of Hispanic Journalists · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
National Association of Hispanic Journalists · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$21,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,520
National Merit Scholarship · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$20,000
Carry the Load · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$20,000
Diocesan Council for the Society of · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$20,000
Freedom of the Press Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
T Howard Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$20,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
International Womens Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Georgetown Village · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Media Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Nabob Telecommun Educ and Mgmt Fdn · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$15,000
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,000
International Radio and Television · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Media Institute · Vienna, VA · 2023
General support
$15,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$15,000
Black Mamas Matter Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Blue Ridge School Education Foundation · Cashiers, NC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Media Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Nabob Telecommunications Education and Management Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$15,000
United Way of National Capital Area · Vienna, VA · 2022
General support
$15,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$12,500
Asian American Journalists Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$12,500
Asian American Journalists Association · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$12,500
The Poynter Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
General support
$12,500
Asian American Journalists Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$12,000
International Womens Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$12,000
United Food Bank · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General support
$12,000
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
General support
$12,000
Carole Kneeland Project · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$12,000
Ubuntu Village Nola · North Galvez Stree, LA · 2022
General support
$11,000
Books Between Kids · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$11,000
Greater Houston Fronteirs Club · Spring, TX · 2024
General support
$11,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$11,000
Spring Branch Education Fndn · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$11,000
Books Between Kids · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$11,000
Greater Houston Fronteirs Club · Spring, TX · 2023
General support
$11,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$11,000
Houston Independent School District · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$11,000
Houston Independent School District · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Alaya Ministries · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Avda · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Second Servings of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Step Sisters · Ashburn, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Summerhouse Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Diversity Leadership Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Durham · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hear My Cry Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2023
General support
$10,000
North Carolina Governors School Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
North Texas Food Bank · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
University of Virgina Frank Batten School · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Columbia, MO · 2022
General support
$10,000
United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$9,500
The Poynter Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General support
$9,500
Colorado Healing Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$9,000
My Warriors Place · Ruskin, FL · 2023
General support
$7,500
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Online News Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Hands On Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$7,500
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$7,500
Online News Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$7,500
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$7,500
Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$7,500
Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled · Chandler, AZ · 2022
General support
$7,500
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$7,500
Online News Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$7,500
Period · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$7,500
Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group · Boerne, TX · 2022
General support
$7,500
The Ablegamers Foundation · Charles Town, WV · 2022
General support
$7,500
The Book Arts Press · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General support
$7,500
The Poynter Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.