Fund for Investigative Journalism

The Fund for Investigative Journalism provides grants and other support to independent journalists and news organizations to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact.

It provides support directly to investigative journalists for news stories, books, documentaries and podcasts that uncover wrongdoing by powerful people or institutions. Its Board of Directors, comprised of highly accomplished journalists, scrutinizes every grant application and approves those that are most likely to have an impact. The grants it provides cover the costs of investigations – gas money to interview sources, fees for copying open records, stipends for the hundreds of hours reporters spend digging through data.

The Fund for Investigative Journalism was founded in 1969 by the late Philip M. Stern, a public-spirited philanthropist who devoted his life “to balancing the scales of justice.” Stern was convinced that small amounts of money invested in the work of determined journalists would yield enormous results in the fight against racism, poverty, corporate greed and government corruption.

Current opportunities from this funder:

FIJ Regular and Expedited Grants

FIJ provides three types of grants: Regular grants: FIJ reviews proposals three to four times a year for grants up to $10,000. Expedited grants: In rare cases, we provide expedited...

Funder address

1110 Vermont Avenue NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 378-0953
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Funder type

Foundation

Areas of focus

Affordable Living
Business/Economy
Criminal Justice
Education
Government/Politics
Health
Investigative Journalism
Poverty
Science
Sports
Technology/Innovation