Poverty
Nieman Fellowship (U.S. citizens)
Fellowship from The Nieman Foundation
Each year, the Nieman Foundation awards paid fellowships to up to 24 journalists working in print, broadcast, digital and audiovisual media. A Nieman Fellowship is an extraordinary, transformative learning opportunity … Last updated October 9, 2025
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The Nieman Foundation
The Nieman Foundation houses a dynamic set of initiatives to promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate and support those poised to make important contributions to its future. … Last updated October 10, 2022
O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism
Fellowship up to $75,000 from Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University
The O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University supports professional journalists in completing ambitious, in-depth reporting projects on issues of state, national, or international importance. Over a nine-month … Last updated October 13, 2025
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Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University
The Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University is a college dedicated to the advancement of communication research and education through creativity, connectivity, and diversity–creating collaborative relationships for the greater … Last updated October 10, 2022
Stand Together Trust
The Stand Together Trust partners with social entrepreneurs who have a passion and personal knowledge in their subject area and deep belief in the dignity of all people. It seeks … Last updated May 30, 2022
Magnum Foundation
Magnum Foundation was established by the photographers of Magnum Photos in 2007. Amidst the collapse of a media system that had traditionally supported documentary photography, Magnum Foundation was conceived to … Last updated May 30, 2022
The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Grant
Grant up to $8,000 from Association Pierre et Alexandra Boulat
In order to to assist photojournalists struggling with the economic hardships associated with this profession, the Association is promoting an annual Grant of 8,000 euros, endowed for the eleventh time … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Heartland Alliance
The leading anti-poverty organization in the Midwest, Heartland Alliance believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to improve their lives. Each year, it helps ensure this opportunity for nearly one million people around … Last updated May 30, 2022
Reva and David Logan Family Foundation
The Foundation is a Chicago-based family foundation that provides strategic grants to support social justice, the arts and investigative journalism both in Chicago and around the world. Dedicated to lasting … Last updated May 30, 2022
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
The aim of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is to change the national conversation around poverty and economic insecurity. The journalism they commission—from narrative features and photo essays to … Last updated May 30, 2022
Indigenous Reporting Grant
Grant up to $1,000 from Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
Across North America, Indigenous communities are often intimately involved in complex natural resource issues. Whether it’s addressing the realities of sea level rise, fighting to protect water quality and quantity, … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Kaiser Family Foundation
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) is a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. KFF develops and runs its own policy … Last updated March 30, 2022
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust supports promising programs, systems change work, and innovative ideas that help residents and communities thrive, increase equitable access to health care, and achieve equitable … Last updated January 28, 2023
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Grants
Grant, Rolling from Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
What it offers: General operating and project-based grants to support power-building efforts that advance racial equity and social and economic justice in the South. The foundation prioritizes long-term systems change … Last updated February 22, 2026
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Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The Babcock Foundation partners with organizations and networks working to alleviate poverty and increase social and economic justice in 11 Southern states. It believes in democracy, opportunity and the power of partnerships, … Last updated March 28, 2022
Press On
Press On is a collective of journalists, storytellers, and organizers rooted in, and practicing solidarity with, oppressed communities that birth social movements. It is based in the South, and it strives … Last updated March 27, 2022
Solutions Journalism Accelerator
Partnership up to $121,000 from Solutions Journalism Network
Purpose: The Solutions Journalism Accelerator is a programme delivering grant funding, mentoring, coaching, resources and knowledge transfer to support solutions-focused development journalism in European news organisations. Mission: To create demonstrable impact on … Last updated June 3, 2022
The Miami Foundation
Since 1967, The Foundation has invested over $772M to strengthen our community in partnership with more than 1,000 fundholders and 50,000 donors. By accelerating leadership, generosity, and a sense of … Last updated July 25, 2025
Triangle Community Foundation
Triangle Community Foundation is made up of over 800 philanthropic funds which are used in a variety of ways to provide support for nonprofit organizations. Grants from the Foundation are … Last updated July 25, 2025
The Cannon Foundation
Charles A. Cannon firmly believed in free enterprise and the importance of giving back to others. Mr. Cannon knew that a life well lived was a life in which personal … Last updated May 30, 2022