Grant
How Government Responds – A Solutions Journalism Innovation Fund
Grant up to $4,000 from Solutions Journalism Network
This round of the Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund, led by the Solutions Journalism Network, will support reporting projects that highlight how government and civic institutions are responding to pressing challenges. … Last updated December 17, 2025
Microgrants for Newsroom Safety and Resilience
Grant, Microgrant, Rolling up to $5,000 from Colorado Media Project
The Colorado Media Project is offering rapid-response grants of up to $5,000 to help small newsrooms invest in urgent safety and resilience needs. Funds can be used for expenses such … Last updated December 5, 2025
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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
JournalismAI Innovation Challenge
Grant up to $100,000 from JournalismAI
The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative, is a 9-month program supporting small–medium news publishers experimenting with AI to improve audience intelligence and revenue growth. Focus areas:Projects … Last updated November 25, 2025
Better Life Lab Multimedia Reporting Grants
Grant from New America
The Better Life Lab at New America offers reporting grants for journalists and storytellers producing solutions-focused stories on the care crisis—from child care to disability, elder, and end-of-life care. Grants … Last updated November 25, 2025
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Beyond Print Grant Program
Grant up to $50,000 from The Lenfest Institute
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is offering up to $400,000 in total funding through the 2025 Beyond Print Grant Program, supporting independent local newspapers in the U.S. as they transition … Last updated December 2, 2025
Solutions Journalism Revenue Accelerator
Grant up to $10,000 from Solutions Journalism Network
The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), in partnership with Blue Engine Collaborative, is launching the Solutions Journalism Revenue Accelerator to help news organizations grow revenue through subscriptions, membership, and/or individual donations … Last updated October 3, 2025
National Geographic Society: Coastal Ecosystems Grant
Grant up to $20,000 from National Geographic Society
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund is supported by travelers aboard National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions voyages and has a mission to support projects that help better understand and protect our world’s … Last updated August 29, 2025
National Endowment for Democracy Grants for Media Projects
Grant up to $50,000 from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking proposals for projects that advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED encourages applications from organizations working in diverse environments including newly established democracies, semi-authoritarian … Last updated December 17, 2025
| Applications open | Deadline: January 26, 2026 | Recurring
2025 Civic Science Media Collaborations Program
Grant from Center for Cooperative Media
The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, with support from the Rita Allen Foundation, is offering a funding opportunity for civic science media projects. The awards aim to accelerate civic science … Last updated August 7, 2025
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FIRE Virtual Newsroom
Grant up to $12,500 from FIRE Newsroom
The Virtual Newsroom offers a range of services, from open-records coaching and trained research assistance to legal review. Funding In some cases, Virtual Newsroom recipients also receive one of two … Last updated December 2, 2025
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The Alexia Grants
Grant from The Alexia Foundation
For over 30 years, The Alexia grants have supported student and professional visual communicators who produce projects that inspire change by addressing socially significant topics. Grants are awarded to applicants … Last updated December 2, 2025
Field Foundation Journalism & Storytelling Grants
The Field Foundation seeks to strengthen local news production and storytelling to further reflect Chicago and create a stronger, more connected, and sustainable local media ecosystem—in which the stories of … Last updated December 2, 2025
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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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Triangle Capacity-Building Grant
Grant up to $35,000 from Triangle Community Foundation
Triangle Capacity-Building Network’s (TCBN) program and grantmaking strategy focuses on shifting power and providing financial resources to organizations led by and serving people of color. Our strategy is informed by … Last updated July 25, 2025
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Community Grants Program
Grant up to $70,000 from The Miami Foundation
With the support of generous Miamians, The Miami Foundation is proud to invest in Miami’s nonprofits through flexible funding that supports their ability to invest in growth, innovation, and wholeness. Community Grants, … Last updated July 25, 2025
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas
Grant, Microgrant from International Women’s Media Foundation
The International Women’s Media Foundation is pleased to provide grants to support reporting focused on reproductive rights in Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States. These grants support … Last updated July 23, 2025
Local Reporting Network Fellow for 50 State Initiative
Fellowship, Grant from ProPublica
ProPublica will soon select the next five partners in its Local Reporting Network. These newsrooms will be chosen to be part of the organization’s 50 State Initiative, a commitment to … Last updated August 22, 2025
2025 Ukraine Reporting Grant
Fellowship, Grant up to $8,000 from International Women’s Media Foundation
With support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the IWMF is launching Women on The Ground: Reporting from Ukraine’s Unseen Frontlines, a program to increase and deepen coverage of critical … Last updated December 2, 2025