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Grantees' Stories

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 18 months and see highlights of recent stories below.

Grantee uncovers poor follow-through for program that was supposed to compensate people who were sterilized in prison

A state program to compensate people who were sterilized in ...

California Governor vetoes farmworker heat safety bill after grantee reports that state cut back on enforcement; legislators plan renewed push for reform

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill intended to ...

Grantees uncover secret system that covers up police misconduct – and ensures problematic officers can get hired again

For decades, police agencies in California have hidden evidence that ...

Grantee reveals that Rhode Island school district failed to report cyberattack of children’s private information

Rhode Island’s largest school district failed to tell students and ...

Puerto Rico has failed to create a registry of people vulnerable during power blackouts; grantee reporting sparks reform

Seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Maria – and ...

Grantee investigation finds 100+ Chicago police officers who should have been flagged for dishonest conduct but weren’t

Chicago police officers who knowingly lie or conceal evidence in ...

Grantee series examines the spread of disinformation on Spanish radio in the U.S., particularly during election season

A collaborative report from several news organizations, with support from ...

Grantee documentary shines new light on 1968 civil-right case and sparks review by federal agency

A new documentary digs into an unsolved murder in 1968 ...

Grantee’s yearlong series examines high rate of jail deaths in Pima County, Arizona

The Tucson Sentinel, with support from the Fund, has published ...

Grantee tracks lobbying campaign that slowed down move toward electric vehicles in San Francisco

Intense lobbying led the City of San Francisco to adopt ...

Grantee tracks declining care at for-profit nursing homes serving Japanese community in Los Angeles

Eight years after a private company took over a Los ...

Podcast exposes disconnect between DC’s gas infrastructure replacement plan and its plans to go carbon-neutral

Washington, DC, has committed to eliminate the use of fossil ...

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