We provide grants and other support directly to investigative journalists who commit their lives to uncovering, unraveling and documenting the stories that impact the world most. Many of the stories we support would not be told without the grants and assistance we provide. View an index of our grantees’ stories over the last 12 months and see highlights of recent stories below.
Grantees’ New York Times/Mississippi Today investigation sparks state review of jail brutality
Guards in a Mississippi jail terrorized people in their care for years, according to a new investigation published by The
For The Frontier and ProPublica, grantee uncovers failure of Oklahoma regulators to stop toxic wastewater from oil fields
For five years, toxic oilfield wastewater has been pouring out of the ground across Oklahoma. It has blasted out of
Grantee uncovers pervasive sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons, prompting state review
In a deeply sourced year-long investigation supported by the Fund, InvestigateWest uncovered pervasive staff sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons,
Lax oversight leaves child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides, grantee finds; earlier reporting sparked change
Children who work on California farms are particularly susceptible to harm from toxic pesticides, which they’re exposed to because of
Grantee data analysis finds that unreliable power has become the norm in rural California
Across northern and central California, customers experience thousands of power outages a year due to new power line settings designed
Illegal offshore betting websites offer wagers on U.S. college soccer games
Offshore betting websites are offering risky, prop bets on amateur college soccer despite the NCAA trying to prevent this, a
After decades, the EPA still doesn’t have a plan to clean watersheds at one of the oldest Superfund sites in the country, grantee finds
At one of the oldest Superfund sites in the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has yet to publish a
Grantee reveals that DC housing agency lost millions in federal funds while bailing out well-connected developer; story sparks action from DC Council
With support from the Fund, Suzie Amanuel’s months-long investigation of Washington, DC’s at-risk affordable housing stock uncovered that the District