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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 “newspapers”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — core support for the center for antiracist research's work to educate, empower, and bring about an antiracist society, including their work on the emancipator, the first abolitioni…
Largest: $475,000 to AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS FOUNDATION — provide support for research, educational seminars and workshops for the newspaper industry.
Largest: $25,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to support important research on how local television might fill local news gaps created by the decline of newspapers.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to Incorporated Trustees of Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundatiion — to strengthen investigative and data-driven journalism strategies that promote accountability in nigeria
The Lenfest Institute for JournalismPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $22.9M · through 2024Largest: $7.8M to THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — the institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. a series of …
Local Media FoundationLake City, MICharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $535,244 · through 2024Largest: $119,145 to AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY DBA ST LOUIS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER — stipends for journalism projects and technology upgrades for digital journalism
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $226,834 · through 2024Largest: $123,422 to VOICE NEWS NETWORK INC DBA THE ATLANTA VOICE NEWSPAPER — program support
Lithuanian FoundationLemont, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $130,000 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to LITHUANIAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DRAUGAS — newspaper publishing
Largest: $26,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College through the Harvard TH Chan Schoo — to help newspaper, radio, television, and online reporters and editors do a better job covering critical health care issues by participating in a comprehensive curriculum designed …
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $573,996 · through 2024Largest: $225,996 to CITY OF ROSES NEWSPAPER CO INC — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $20,000 to SOUTHEAST OHIO INDEPENDENT NEWS — general operating support of the athens county independent newspaper
Largest: $50,000 to NUEVA ESPERANZA INC — support community newspaper impacto
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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 →