Local Journalism
Colorado Media Project
The Colorado Media Project brings together funders, business and civic leaders, journalists, and community advocates who are concerned about the status and future of local news and information in our … Last updated December 5, 2025
Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange Creators Network
Grant from The Lenfest Institute
The Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange, launched in 2022, focuses on the urgent need and opportunity to support and advance more media entrepreneurs of color to ensure communities prosper and news … Last updated November 25, 2025
Lenfest Creator Collaborative Program
Grant up to $100,000 from The Lenfest Institute
The Lenfest Institute’s Creator Collaborative Program offers funding for local news organizations to partner with independent creators and test strategies that strengthen audience growth, revenue, and community impact. Projects may … Last updated November 25, 2025
| Applications open | Deadline: January 12, 2026
California Local News Fellowship
Fellowship from UC Berkeley School of Journalism
The California Local News Fellowship, a state-funded initiative housed at UC Berkeley, is accepting applications from California newsrooms for its fourth cohort. The program aims to strengthen local reporting across … Last updated November 25, 2025
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Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism
Award up to $15,000 from The Ethics & Journalism Initiative at New York University
The Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism, administered by the Ethics & Journalism Initiative at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, honors student and professional journalists who demonstrate … Last updated November 25, 2025
American Journalist Project Local News Incubator
Grant from American Journalism Project
The American Journalism Project’s Local News Incubator, created with support from the Google News Initiative, is intended to back entrepreneurs who want to explore launching a new nonprofit local news … Last updated July 25, 2025
Godfrey Wells Stancill Fellowship
Fellowship up to $1,507 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by former IRE board member Nancy Stancill and her family in memory of her father, Godfrey Wells Stancill (who was an editor and publisher of the Suffolk News-Herald), the … Last updated December 2, 2025
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R-CAR Fellowship
Fellowship up to $1,825 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by IRE member Daniel Gilbert, this fellowship is for reporters at small news organizations pursuing data-driven investigative stories that provide a public service for people in rural communities. The … Last updated December 2, 2025
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American Journalism Project Grants
The American Journalism Project began making grants to local news organizations in 2019, focusing our investments on business and operational capacity so that nonprofit local news organizations can build sustainable … Last updated June 2, 2022
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The Fund for Local Journalism
Grant/Stipend up to $5,000 from Local Media Association / Local Media Foundation
The Fund for Local Journalism supports local investigative reporting projects that provide an important public service in communities across North America. Investigative reporting is an essential part of a healthy and … Last updated July 28, 2025
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Inasmuch Foundation
Inasmuch Foundation champions journalism, education, human services, and community to improve the quality of life for Oklahomans. … Last updated January 2, 2024
The Lenfest Institute
Journalism requires new business models, powerful innovations and diverse audiences. The Lenfest Institute is working throughout local news ecosystems, in Philadelphia and beyond, to crack the code on a sustainable … Last updated March 31, 2022
Knight Foundation
National foundation that invests in journalism, the arts and “the success of cities where brothers John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers.” With regards to journalism, they invest … Last updated March 30, 2022
Local News Lab
The Local News Lab believes local news is a critical space for innovation, creativity, and community. Together, it wants all local residents to have easy access to trustworthy, relevant, and abundant news and … Last updated March 28, 2022
SJN Local Media Project
Grant from Solutions Journalism Network
The Local Media Project (LMP) is a five-year effort (launched in 2019) to establish solutions journalism-oriented collaboratives — groups of newsrooms and other civic institutions that together build trust in … Last updated July 25, 2025
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TEGNA Foundation Grants
Grant up to $5,000 from TEGNA Foundation
The TEGNA Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in communities served by TEGNA Inc. The Community Grant program serves to address local community needs. As community needs differ by region, please check … Last updated September 29, 2024
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PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. It champions the freedom to write, recognizing the power … Last updated May 30, 2022
U.S. Local News Reporting Grants
Grant, Rolling from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center’s U.S. Local News Grant initiative funds enterprise and investigative reporting projects in partnership with local U.S. outlets. These grants support ambitious, underreported stories that tackle systemic issues … Last updated August 21, 2025
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Pulitzer Center
Organization dedicated to raising awareness of underreported global issues. Direct funder who supports all platforms. “Largest single source of money for global enterprise reporting.” Fund 150 affiliate partners and support … Last updated March 18, 2022