Poverty
The W. Eugene Smith Grant
Fellowship, Grant from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The W. Eugene Smith Grant is designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion as evidenced during his 45-year … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Wells Fargo Community Giving
Grant from Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation collaborate with a wide range of national and local nonprofit organizations that align with our strategic funding priorities: financial health, housing affordability, small … Last updated August 29, 2025
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California Health Equity Fellowship
Fellowship up to $10,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The California Health Equity Fellowship supports reporters across the Golden State who are pursuing ambitious projects on overlooked health and equity issues. Fellows identify the stories that need to be … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Philanthropic Strategy
Grant from Bank of America
Bank of America works to improve financial lives and strengthen communities through its Responsible Growth initiatives. The company aligns its financing, client products, philanthropy, and operations to advance economic mobility, … Last updated August 18, 2025
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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
Southerly Community Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship from Southerly
This is a paid 12-week remote program for a five-fellow cohort to learn community journalism principles and news reporting skills to help meet each of their communities’ information needs, as … Last updated August 25, 2022
Southerly
Southerly is an independent, non-profit 501(c)3 media organization that serves communities in the South who face environmental injustice and are most at-risk of the effects of climate change. It does … Last updated August 25, 2022
The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a global leader in journalism. It is the world’s leading instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and inform citizens. … Last updated April 10, 2025
One World Media Awards
Award from One World Media Trust
The One World Media Awards 2025 celebrate underreported stories from around the world. They champion stories that demonstrate originality, creativity, and the potential to catalyze change. All entries must … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Julian Bond Fellowship Program
Fellowship from Facing South at The Institute for Southern Studies
The Julian Bond Fellowship program is a new initiative to promote emerging voices in Southern media and support early-career journalists and researchers seeking innovative approaches to promoting equity and democracy … Last updated August 30, 2022
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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship
Fellowship up to $2,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship trains journalists to strengthen their reporting by learning how to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. Over … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems
Grant/Stipend up to $10,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems supports journalists pursuing ambitious investigative or explanatory projects on inequities in public health, healthcare policy, and the practice of … Last updated August 18, 2025
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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
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COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
Grant up to $8,000 from National Geographic Society
As COVID-19 continues to evolve and impact communities around the globe, the National Geographic Society is launching an emergency fund for journalists all over the world who wish to cover … Last updated September 27, 2022
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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
Driehaus Foundation Grant for Investigative Journalism
Grant from Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
The Driehaus Foundation supports investigative reporting that fosters greater transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in government institutions at the local level. The Foundation supports long- form investigative projects that utilize rigorous … Last updated October 8, 2025
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus, a successful investment advisor, made his first public philanthropic gesture in 1983, when he established his eponymous foundation. For the next decade, the Foundation made grants totaling … Last updated November 26, 2022
Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation founded by Walter H. Annenberg. Serving as Ambassador to the Court of St. James from 1969 to 1974, Ambassador Annenberg enjoyed a distinguished … Last updated May 30, 2022
The Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT seeks to nurture and enhance the ability of journalists from around the world to accurately illuminate the complex intersection of science, technology and … Last updated October 10, 2022
Knight Wallace Fellowship
Fellowship from Wallace House at the University of Michigan
Journalists eager for growth and deeply committed to the future of journalism spend an academic year at the University of Michigan to access the resources of a world-class university and … Last updated October 9, 2025
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