This project grant will support the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ (GMFUS) strengthening of its cybersecurity infrastructure. GMFUS will use this support to upgrade its information technology systems to improve network security and incident response.
Grant Status: Completed
Four Freedoms Fund
To support wellness and healing for frontline staff at Four Freedoms Fund, a project of NEO Philanthropy, and to learn about strategies, resources, and needs in the field.
Press On South Inc
To support PressOn, a fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects, in their continued work on media ecosystem analyses in the South.
Spaceship Media
To support the pilot of Spaceship Local in Douglas, Arizona, rebuilding a news and information system through community engagement in a border town where reliable news sources are scarce. In addition to supporting this community, Spaceship Media is collecting valuable lessons on how their dialogue journalism model for engagement can be deployed more widely in geographic areas with similar needs.
The Equity Alliance
To provide capacity building support to The Equity Alliance to build out its HR policies, including developing a policy handbook, and devote additional resources to other capacity-building work, which could include an audit of organizational processes or other activities as needed.
Asian Americans Journalists Association
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.
Hearken
To support Hearken and their “Responsive Election Coverage for Better Democracy” work, fiscally sponsored by the American Press Institute, to provide training, coaching, resources and emergency support to 500+ journalists throughout the country, for more engaged, trusted, and informed elections coverage in 2020.
Chalkbeat Inc.
This general operating grant will support Chalkbeat’s efforts to create a scalable and sustainable model for local journalism that serves communities while sharing costs across geographic bureaus in order to make the work maximally sustainable.
Faith and Politics Institute
The Faith & Politics Institute will explore the development of a network of faith leaders to promote civil discourse.
Fordham University
Researchers from Fordham University and other academic partners will conduct field experiments on the role of money in our political system.