This is a general operating grant to support Voice of San Diego’s work providing critical local reporting to the citizens of their region.
Program Area: Public Square
The Miami Foundation Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to establish The News Match Fund for Nonprofit News at Miami Foundation. The Fund is a collaboration between Knight Foundation and Democracy Fund that supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
Free Press
To support Free Press in their work to create a new deal for the digital age with a focus on racial and gender equity. This grant will advance the work of Change the Terms, a coalition co-founded and co-led by Free Press, in organizing stakeholders from civil society, government, and technology to hold platforms accountable through a public-facing campaign aimed at pressuring companies to make changes on a range of issues, including content moderation and advertising policies.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University
This grant supports the establishment of the News Literacy Lab at Arizona State University. The project’s focus is on developing newsrooms as leaders in news literacy through education, research, and engagement.
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to support the sustainability of news publishers with training and education from the Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION). For this project, LION will create a pilot program to help educate independent publishers on sustainability to support a healthy local news ecosystem.
Chicago Reader
The purpose of this grant is to support the planning for the creation of a collaborative for independent media organizations in Chicago. The Chicago Reader, fiscally sponsored by Public Narrative, will lead this effort and use this support to provide the administration needed to get this effort off the ground.
Upturn, Inc.
Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology. They combine research with advocacy, and their approach is informed by a broad range of perspectives and experiences, including computer science, social science, law, and policy. They partner with local and national advocates and others to ensure their work is collaborative and actionable.
Common Cause Education Fund
The Common Cause Education Fund’s (CCEF) Media and Democracy Program is committed to working to ensure that our communications ecosystem achieves its potential as a key engine of democracy.
The Miami Foundation Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, hosted at The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch, a fundraising campaign for nonprofit news.
Campaign For Accountability Inc.
Campaign for Accountability (CfA) is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog organization that uses research, litigation, and aggressive communications to expose misconduct and malfeasance in public life.