Education

Education Writers Association’s fellowship

Fellowship up to $8,000 from Education Writers Association

The Education Writers Association’s fellowships provide financial awards to journalists to undertake ambitious reporting projects. Through a competitive application process, EWA offers journalists opportunities to apply, typically in the fall … Last updated July 25, 2025

Early-Career Fellowship Program

Fellowship up to $6,600 from The Open Notebook

Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. During the course of this fellowship, fellows work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles … Last updated July 25, 2025

| Recurring

2023 EWA Caucus on School Finance: An Online Reporting Community

Training from Education Writers Association

School finance is a complex but critically important topic for education journalists to cover. The need is urgent for journalists to help the public make sense of education funding matters … Last updated January 29, 2023

Student Data Privacy Caucus: A New Online Reporting Community

Training from Education Writers Association

School districts are treasure troves of student data, from attendance records and grades to financial and legal information. Since the pandemic, schools have provided students with take-home devices, increasing the … Last updated January 29, 2023

Diving Into Data Workshop 2023

Fellowship from Education Writers Association

Using data smartly fuels powerful education reporting, from tracking how school districts spend extra federal dollars to following student financial aid applications. Ready to take your data skills and savvy … Last updated December 18, 2022

Rapid Response Fund

Grant up to $25,000 from Nellie Mae Education Foundation

The rapid response fund provides short-term, time-sensitive support in communities that have experienced a critical condition that affects racial equity in education. Preventing and Repairing Harm: Healing Learning Communities Through … Last updated October 30, 2022

EWA Reporting Micro-Fellowships: Up to $5,000 for Ambitious News Projects on Education

Fellowship up to $5,000 from Education Writers Association

The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce a call for proposals for its 15th class of EWA Reporting Fellows. These micro-fellowships provide financial awards to journalists to undertake ambitious, enterprise … Last updated August 31, 2022

Santa Fe Community Fund 2025 Fall Grant Cycle

Grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation

The Santa Fe Community Foundation welcomes grant proposals from organizations in its funding region (Mora, San Miguel, Rio Arriba, and Santa Fe counties). During the Fall grant cycle, organizations should … Last updated September 20, 2025

| Applications open | Deadline: March 9, 2026

Cannon Charitable Interests

Grant, Rolling from The Cannon Foundation

The Cannon Foundation funds capital and equipment projects for organizations across North Carolina. Cannon Foundation grants are divided into four areas of focus: human services, higher education, healthcare and community. … Last updated August 21, 2025

| Recurring

Belk Foundation Fall Cycle

Grant from Belk Foundation

The Belk Foundation doesn’t just invest with money. The foundation invests with time, with advocacy, with action. It pursues its mission with a hands-on approach, working “on the ground” and … Last updated December 17, 2025

| Recurring

Walton Family Foundation Grants

Grant, Rolling from Walton Family Foundation

Grants to organizations are made in three areas: improving education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta region. The … Last updated October 8, 2025

| Recurring

Spencer Education Fellowship

Fellowship up to $85,000 from Columbia Journalism School

The Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship based at Columbia Journalism School is open to journalists and educators who want to develop and publish an ambitious, long-form journalism project to advance the … Last updated July 23, 2025

| Recurring

Golden Leaf Foundation Open Grants Program

Grant, Rolling up to $500,000 from Golden Leaf Foundation

The Open Grants Program allows applicants to apply for Golden LEAF funding throughout the year. Eligible applicants are governmental entities and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Awards in the Open Grants Program … Last updated December 2, 2025

| Recurring

Santa Fe Community Foundation

Community philanthropy organization that focuses giving around efforts that address social cultural, racial and economic disparities, cultivate the arts for diverse audiences and help promote a healthy environment. They are … Last updated May 30, 2022

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

Foundation investing in projects advancing social justice through “journalism, documentary film and arts & culture.” Grants are apply by invitation only. https://jonathanloganfamilyfoundation.org/about/ … Last updated May 30, 2022

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation works with communities in Chicagoland and across Illinois to develop educated, informed, and engaged citizens. Its aim is to assist communities, to strengthen democracy, and … Last updated May 30, 2022

The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation

The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation (PCLB) was formed in 1999, by Dr. Peter Buck and his wife Carmen Lucia as a private family foundation to manage their family’s … Last updated May 30, 2022

Walton Family Foundation

Family led organization with three primary fields of focus: K-12 education, environmental conservation and the advancement of their home region of Arkansas/Mississippi Delta. Journalistic projects that fall under any of … Last updated May 30, 2022

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation