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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 “news”
Where the money went
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…
American Journalism ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
159 matching grants · $54.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to HOUSTON LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE — to grow and diversify revenue and to advance toward a sustainable model for local news.
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
100 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $10,987 to THE 19TH NEWS — college education scholarship(s) for student(s) in need
Institute for Nonprofit NewsBeverly Hills, CACharity · may take applications
86 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $102,494 to BROOKLINE NEWS CORPORATION — organization is a fiscal sponsor
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
58 matching grants · $26.4M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to News Revenue Hub Inc — in support of a research and data collection project on the chicago news ecosystem
Largest: $45,833 to STAT NEWS — 81572 supporting a stat news fellowship that will provide training for journalists to proficiently report on disability issues
Largest: $300,000 to PARTICIPANT MEDIA LLC — for the production of 'blknws', a documentary film that combines appropriated news and social media with originally produced anchored segments to reimagine what news can be for mar…
Largest: $240,000 to Environment News Trust — to support the development of high quality videos on the challenges facing the colorado river and mississippi river basins, and the most promising solutions, for deployment to loca…
The Catholic Foundation No ColoradoGreenwood Village, COCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2023Largest: $500,000 to Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Diocese of — spreading the good news
New Jersey Civic Information ConsortiumMontclair, NJCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to SOUTH JERSEY CLIMATE NEWS — to provide high quality, local climate news coverage in southern new jersey and to support local news organizaon capacity for environmental reporng through content distribuon, coll…
The Groundtruth ProjectBoston, MACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $616,470 · through 2024Largest: $52,888 to BLACK VOICE NEWS — to host newsrooms to support report for america corps members
Largest: $65,000 to The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism — support baltimore news collaborative partner baltimore banner
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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 →