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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “journalism”
Where the money went
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
146 matching grants · $58.2M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development — to strengthen investigative reporting and data-driven journalism to promote accountability in nigeria
Largest: $648,450 to ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — to support newswell, an asu project focused on the provision of news and information that educates and informs the public through local journalism throughout the united states, exp…
Largest: $250,000 to CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM CUNY FOUNDATION — core support for the graduate school of journalism's special program which aims to make a journalism education tuition-free through special reimbursements, scholarships and work cr…
Largest: $554,454 to University of Southern Mississippi — journalism grant - roy howard community journalism center
Local Media FoundationLake City, MICharity · may take applications
107 matching grants · $6.6M · through 2024Largest: $394,720 to THE COLUMBIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY — stipends for journalism projects and technology upgrades for digital journalism
Largest: $180,000 to CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM — 82497 supporting health journalism events, training, and online resources
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to KENTUCKY CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM — college education scholarship(s) for student(s) in need
Largest: $10,600 to GLOBAL IMPACT — momus arts journalism fellowship
Solutions Journalism NetworkNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
64 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $139,175 to LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION (ON BEHALF OF NY & MICHIGAN SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM CO) — to support the training and production of solutions journalism
Journalism Funding PartnersSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $8.8M · through 2024Largest: $47,500 to Atlanta Journal Constitution — targeted community journalism
Largest: $2.5M to HOWARD UNIVERSITY — to support the center for journalism and democracy, housed at howard university, to train and support the next generation of black investigative journalists in order to broaden the…
Fund for Investigative JournalismWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $397,706 · through 2024Largest: $8,500 to THE UTAH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PROJECT — investigative journalism
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →