Through professional development services and scholarships, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) works to diversify mainstream newsrooms, so they better represent the communities they serve. NAHJ also advocates for the accurate representation of Latinos/Hispanic in news.

The People’s Parity Project is a nationwide network of law students and new attorneys organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits.

The Democracy SOS Fellowship will provide training and resources to journalists in order to build a practice of more engagement, trust, and equity in civics, elections, and political reporting.

International Women’s Media Foundation’s Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund offers stipends to women-identifying Black journalists facing financial hardship to access critical mental health services.

Press On is a Southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of movement journalism.

This grant will support a project of GovLab, a program within the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University, to develop a handbook for congressional offices with techniques for increasing citizen voice in the policymaking process and improving constituent engagement through new technologies. The grant also will allow GovLab to pilot projects with several congressional offices for using open source software to test some of the techniques outlined in the handbook. 

The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) will create and revise resources on libel and defamation insurance for nonprofit news organizations. INN will expand their insurance program and partner with nonprofit organizations to develop short- and long-term solutions to lowering the cost of insurance for nonprofit journalists so that they are protected against lawsuits related to their reporting.

The Equity Alliance is the leading Black-led grassroots organization in Tennessee promoting intentional, unapologetic, innovative, and culturally relevant year-round civic engagement among Black communities, while providing their communities with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-determining and create sustainable change.

This grant will provide general support for College to Congress. 

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a fiscally sponsored project of Morehouse College, is a news trade organization dedicated to increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting.

The purpose of this grant is to support Business Forward Foundation’s project to 1) organize business leaders and train them speak out on the business benefits of diversity and inclusiveness, 2) to strengthen an ad campaign to support the organizing work, and 3) to develop a storefront sign campaign around diversity, inclusion and empathy. A portion of this grant will also support the costs of Business Forward Foundation conducting an audit of its 2018 financials.

To support One America Movement, a fiscally sponsored project of Repair the World, to conduct leadership development trainings focused on polarization and pluralism. 

The Institute for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University trains new cadres of black journalists through new fellowships; runs Social Justice Reporting Collaboratives between students at Morgan State and other journalism institutions; and produces research on the needs of black communities residing in news deserts or facing otherwise biased or insufficient news.

The Local Election Officials (LEO Survey) is a project created in partnership between the Elections and Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College and team and Portland State University’s Center for Public Service. This grant supports the design, administration, analysis, and dissemination of findings from the sixth survey.

Brookings Senior Fellows will conduct a series of researcher and former practitioner convenings to consider new and innovative ideas for changing the Senate including, but not limited to, its composition and its rules and practices.

The Horizon Forum, a fiscally sponsored project of Proteus Fund, will identify best practices, explore case studies, and develop solutions to address the problem of racist, dangerous, and xenophobic activity funded through the philanthropic sector.

The Equity Alliance is the leading Black-led grassroots organization in Tennessee promoting intentional, unapologetic, innovative, and culturally relevant year-round civic engagement among Black communities, while providing their communities with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-determining and create sustainable change.

The purpose of this grant is to support the Former Members of Congress Association and their work to improve the function of the U.S. Congress. 

Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, works to reduce and prevent violence, and to build societal resilience on issues of violence prevention, polarization, and more. Over Zero will initiate and complete research on societal resilience factors within the U.S.

This grant will provide support to Texas Civil Rights Project’s (TCRP) High School Voter Registration Project. This grant will provide TCRP with support to continue its work with the Secretary of State, high schools, voter registrars, and other relevant stakeholders to improve compliance in this area. TCRP will build important relationships between these entities while encouraging compliance with the law.