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12 funders with a record of paying for “magazines”
Where the money went Roderick Macarthur Foundation → Harper's Magazine Foundation: $18M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jpb Foundation → Grist Magazine Inc: $3.8M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Institute for Nonprofit News → Dial Magazine Inc: $902K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Grist Magazine Inc: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Trustees of Boston University Inc: $445K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → New Israel Fund: $352K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Field Foundation of Illinois → Borderless Magazine Nfp: $320K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation → New Art Publications Inc Dba Bomb Magazine: $97K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: $96K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Hans and Barbara Bergstrom Foundation → Frisinnad Tidskrift: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → N Plus One Foundation: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The University of Chicago: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Cardus Inc: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → Feminist Majority Foundation: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation → Narrative Magazine Inc: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Institute for Nonprofit News → Borderless Magazine Nfp: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Field Foundation of Illinois → Fractured Atlas--Fs for Rebellious Magazine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Comm of Literary Magazines & P: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Los Angeles Review of Books: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Hans and Barbara Bergstrom Foundation → Foreningen Drugnews: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Dissent Magazine: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Theatre Communications Group Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Zyzzyva: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Institute for Nonprofit News → Grist Magazine Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Field Foundation of Illinois → Pigment International: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Alliance Publishing Trust: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Narrative Magazine: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Hans and Barbara Bergstrom Foundation → Drug News Enskede: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Poetry Foundation → Janelle Tan: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Aeon America Inc: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Institute for Nonprofit News: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Mizna: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Oxford American Literary Project: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → The Massachusetts Review Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Institute for Nonprofit News → The Dial Magazine Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → The Orion Society: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → The Paris Review Foundation Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Bennington College (for Bennington Review): $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Hack Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Western Landowners Alliance: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc (for Latin American Literature Today): $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Zyzzyva Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Bellevue Literary Review: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Guernica Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Guernica Magazine: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Kweli Journal Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → One Story: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Electric Literature: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Apogee Journal: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Institute for Nonprofit News → Borderless Magazine: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Bard College (for Conjunctions): $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → American Chordata: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Fractured Atlas Inc (Apogee Journal): $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Full Stop Magazine Inc: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → The Arkansas International: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Foglifter Press: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Arkansas International: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation → Fractured Atlas Inc (for Nat Brut): $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → David Higham Associates Ltd: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Keith Wilson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Sasha Pimentel: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Roderick Macarthur Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. Roderick Macarthur Foundation $18M The Jpb Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Jpb Foundation $3.8M The Ford Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $1.8M Foundation to Promote Open Society: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $1.4M Institute for Nonprofit News: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Institute for Nonprofit News $1.1M The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $1.0M Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation: $571K on this topic. Open the funder. Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation $571K The San Francisco Foundation: $474K on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $474K Field Foundation of Illinois: $405K on this topic. Open the funder. Field Foundation of Illinois $405K Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation: $167K on this topic. Open the funder. Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Fo… $167K The Poetry Foundation: $144K on this topic. Open the funder. The Poetry Foundation $144K The Hans and Barbara Bergstrom Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder. The Hans and Barbara Bergstro… $118K Harper's Magazine Foundation: received $18M on this topic Harper's Magazine Foundation $18M Grist Magazine Inc: received $4.6M on this topic Grist Magazine Inc $4.6M New Venture Fund: received $1.5M on this topic New Venture Fund $1.5M Dial Magazine Inc: received $902K on this topic Dial Magazine Inc $902K Trustees of Boston University Inc: received $445K on this topic Trustees of Boston University I… $445K Borderless Magazine Nfp: received $380K on this topic Borderless Magazine Nfp $380K New Israel Fund: received $352K on this topic New Israel Fund $352K Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc: received $350K on this topic Investigative Reporters & Edito… $350K Dissent Magazine: received $250K on this topic Dissent Magazine $250K The University of Chicago: received $200K on this topic The University of Chicago $200K Aeon America Inc: received $175K on this topic Aeon America Inc $175K Cardus Inc: received $150K on this topic Cardus Inc $150K Institute for Nonprofit News: received $140K on this topic Institute for Nonprofit News $140K Theatre Communications Group Inc: received $100K on this topic Theatre Communications Group Inc $100K New Art Publications Inc Dba Bomb Magazine: received $97K on this topic New Art Publications Inc Dba Bo… $97K Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: received $96K on this topic Community of Literary Magazines… $96K Feminist Majority Foundation: received $95K on this topic Feminist Majority Foundation $95K Frisinnad Tidskrift: received $71K on this topic Frisinnad Tidskrift $71K Narrative Magazine Inc: received $70K on this topic Narrative Magazine Inc $70K Fractured Atlas--Fs for Rebellious Magazine: received $50K on this topic Fractured Atlas--Fs for Rebelli… $50K N Plus One Foundation: received $40K on this topic N Plus One Foundation $40K Comm of Literary Magazines & P: received $40K on this topic Comm of Literary Magazines & P $40K Los Angeles Review of Books: received $40K on this topic Los Angeles Review of Books $40K Zyzzyva: received $40K on this topic Zyzzyva $40K Mizna: received $40K on this topic Mizna $40K Oxford American Literary Project: received $40K on this topic Oxford American Literary Project $40K The Massachusetts Review Inc: received $40K on this topic The Massachusetts Review Inc $40K The Dial Magazine Inc: received $40K on this topic The Dial Magazine Inc $40K The Orion Society: received $40K on this topic The Orion Society $40K The Paris Review Foundation Inc: received $40K on this topic The Paris Review Foundation Inc $40K Pigment International: received $35K on this topic Pigment International $35K Alliance Publishing Trust: received $30K on this topic Alliance Publishing Trust $30K Bennington College (for Bennington Review): received $30K on this topic Bennington College (for Benning… $30K Foreningen Drugnews: received $29K on this topic Foreningen Drugnews $29K Narrative Magazine: received $28K on this topic Narrative Magazine $28K Hack Foundation: received $25K on this topic Hack Foundation $25K Western Landowners Alliance: received $23K on this topic Western Landowners Alliance $23K University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc (for Latin American Literature Today): received $20K on this topic University of Oklahoma Foundati… $20K Zyzzyva Inc: received $20K on this topic Zyzzyva Inc $20K Bellevue Literary Review: received $20K on this topic Bellevue Literary Review $20K Guernica Inc: received $20K on this topic Guernica Inc $20K Guernica Magazine: received $20K on this topic Guernica Magazine $20K Kweli Journal Inc: received $20K on this topic Kweli Journal Inc $20K One Story: received $20K on this topic One Story $20K Electric Literature: received $20K on this topic Electric Literature $20K Drug News Enskede: received $18K on this topic Drug News Enskede $18K Apogee Journal: received $13K on this topic Apogee Journal $13K Borderless Magazine: received $12K on this topic Borderless Magazine $12K Bard College (for Conjunctions): received $10K on this topic Bard College (for Conjunctions) $10K American Chordata: received $8K on this topic American Chordata $8K Fractured Atlas Inc (Apogee Journal): received $7K on this topic Fractured Atlas Inc (Apogee Jou… $7K Full Stop Magazine Inc: received $6K on this topic Full Stop Magazine Inc $6K Janelle Tan: received $5K on this topic Janelle Tan $5K The Arkansas International: received $5K on this topic The Arkansas International $5K Foglifter Press: received $5K on this topic Foglifter Press $5K Arkansas International: received $5K on this topic Arkansas International $5K Fractured Atlas Inc (for Nat Brut): received $3K on this topic Fractured Atlas Inc (for Nat Br… $3K David Higham Associates Ltd: received $1K on this topic David Higham Associates Ltd $1K Keith Wilson: received $1K on this topic Keith Wilson $1K Sasha Pimentel: received $1K on this topic Sasha Pimentel $1K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “magazines” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $20,000 to GUERNICA MAGAZINE — whiting literary magazine prize
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Largest: $346,640 to DIAL MAGAZINE INC — organization is a fiscal sponsor
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Largest: $445,465 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY INC — to support the center for antiracist research at boston university to create content for a digital magazine called the emancipator which seeks to educate the public on racial justi…
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Largest: $256,850 to NEW ISRAEL FUND — to support btselem. for general and project support. for the emergency safety net. for the emergency response fund. for the charitable purposes of +972 magazine. for support of the…
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Largest: $20,000 to NEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC DBA BOMB MAGAZINE — international correspondence / mentorship pilot project
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Largest: $75,000 to BORDERLESS MAGAZINE NFP — capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
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Largest: $60,000 to COMMUNITY OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES — poetry programs, partnerships and innovation grant
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Largest: $400,000 to GRIST MAGAZINE INC — for general operating support
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Largest: $1.0M to GRIST MAGAZINE INC — shifting culture and advancing equitable solutions for the climate crisis
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Largest: $750,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the black radical project digital magazine to deliver exclusive essays, first-person columns, historical articles, and thought pieces directly to the inboxes of it…
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Largest: $18,304 to Drug News Enskede — support of magazine on drug research and policy
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Largest: $6.1M to Harper's Magazine Foundation — to support the continuing operations of harper's magazine
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