Gather supports community-minded journalists and other engagement professionals through an online platform that acts as a hub for critical tools, resources, and conversations for journalists.

This grant supports work to demonstrate how universities can lead collaborative reporting projects that challenge local newsrooms to shift their practices to better create journalism that is meaningful to communities and responsive to their needs through a focus on reporting from a rural Appalachian perspective.

This project grant will provide support for the Levin Center at Wayne Law to continue its efforts to strengthen congressional oversight. This work will include academic research and collaboration on congressional oversight issues. By facilitating the development of an academic field focused on oversight and research into effective oversight methods, the Levin Center’s work is part of a longer term strategy to rebuild civil society’s work on oversight and accountability issues.

VotingWorks is developing an open-source tool which will enable election officials to conduct Risk-Limiting Audits (RLAs).

This grant provides general operating support to the Online News Association.

The Civic Engagement and Dissemination Hub, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy Inc., is a source of research on best practices for voter contact in the field of nonpartisan civic engagement.

This is a general operating grant to the Native American Journalists Association that will increase their support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American communities.

The Democracy & Elections Program at the Center for American Progress explores ways to improve our democracy and increase fairness in representation through structural changes including electoral system reform.

Veterans for American Ideals (VFAI), a project of Human Rights First, is a coalition of veterans and allies who continue their service to America by upholding, defending, and advocating for human rights at home and abroad.

The Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project is an independent nonprofit investigative reporting and research organization. They are producing the workshop series Building a Community of Practice: Reporting on Extremism for Small Newsrooms and Independent Journalists.

The Refugee Advocacy Lab is an initiative hosted at Refugees International and co-founded with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Refugee Congress. They support the advocacy community by developing strategic communications resources, championing inclusive policies, and building capacity for the field.

The Oklahoma Media Center (OMC) supports and strengthens Oklahoma’s local journalism ecosystem. A nonpartisan 501(c)(3), OMC includes over 25 news outlets, ranging from broadcast to nonprofit to Indigenous and Black-owned media outlets to longstanding newspapers. They provide funding, best-practices training to elevate the industry, and collaborative support for local newsrooms.

The Native American Journalists Association supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while holding the media accountable in their portrayals of Native American and Indigenous communities.

To support scholarship at the intersection of critical race, digital studies, and social media platforms; especially as it relates to discriminatory targeting, hateful activities, content governance, and human / civil rights protections in the United States, with a particular focus on people of color and women.

LION Publishers strengthens the local news industry by helping independent news publishers build more sustainable businesses. They provide teaching, resources, and community to independent news entrepreneurs.

Founded in 1974, the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) promotes, supports and defends the First Amendment and free press rights of student journalists and their advisers.

Instituto’s mission is to build sustained political power with low-income and communities of color in Arizona. They believe that every community has the inherent leadership, capacity, and resources to create their own solutions, and that all it takes to build power is to facilitate connections and training.

Bright Line Watch, a project of the Chicago Center on Democracy at University of Chicago, conducts research, including longitudinal studies, on the health of American democracy.

The National Association of Black Journalists supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities. They also hold the media accountable for recruitment and retention of black journalists as well as their portrayals of the black community through media narratives.

To build organizational capacity to continue Asian Americans Journalists Association’s support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while partnering with media to ensure responsible and diverse coverage of AAPI communities.