Independence Public Media Foundation’s Internet for All program makes grants to organizations working to expand community internet that is collectively owned and managed by local communities and strengthening community organizing for digital equity.
Program Area: Public Square
Translash Media Inc
Translash Media Inc., is a U.S-based and globally recognized Black, trans-led nonprofit news organization and digital community dedicated to telling trans stories to save trans lives. Using the power of journalism and personal narrative, TransLash creates, curates, and presents trans-affirming content, resources, and events in collaboration with their partners.
Media Democracy Fund
The Disinformation Defense League at Media Democracy Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund (NVF), is a distributed national network of organizers, researchers, and disinformation experts disrupting online racialized disinformation infrastructure and campaigns that target communities of color.
Media Democracy Fund
NetGain at Media Democracy Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, supports philanthropic collaboration and leadership on issues of technology and society, and supports engagement of organizations led by and serving communities of color in debates around platforms, power, and the public interest.
Internews Network
The Listening Post Collective, a project of Internews, uses strategy and capacity building for local and community news primarily led by and serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, to build engaged and trusted journalism. Their programs focus on news deserts and place-based community media systems.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc. dba The Vance Center
Lawyers for Reporters, a project of the Vance Center, and in partnership with the Press Freedom Defense Fund, provides pro bono legal services to local and social mission-driven organizations in the United States.
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
The National Association of LGBTQ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and issues. They promote diverse and inclusive workplaces by holding the industry accountable and providing education, professional development and mentoring.
URL Media Holdings Inc
URL Media, a fiscally sponsored project of the Journalism Funding Partners, builds and supports a network of Black and Brown led newsrooms to harness their collective power and content for distribution, sustainability, and audience growth.
PEN American Center, Inc.
PEN American combats online harassment of journalists through trainings for newsrooms and journalism membership associations on how to prepare and react to online attacks, as well as through their publicly available Online Manual Field Guide, which crowdsources resources and tools in the field to counter online abuse.
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
The National Association of LGBTQ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and issues. They promote diverse and inclusive workplaces by holding the industry accountable and providing education, professional development and mentoring.