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.
In series looking electric future of San Francisco, grantee digs into history of PG&E
In new series, grantee Kristi Coale is looking into San Francisco’s electric future for The Frisc. The first story in
Grantee documentary chronicles hunger strike that helped end indefinite solitary confinement
“The Strike,” a new documentary produced with the Fund’s support, chronicles the largest hunger strike in U.S. history, to protest
Grantees investigate oversight of little-known police agency for shelters in New York City
With support from the Fund, Sammy Sussman, Annika Grosser and Sanjana Bhambhani obtained disciplinary records of New York City’s Department
Grantee tracks online “GunTube” influencers who peddle nationalism and encourage Americans to take up arms against government
With support from the Fund, Lila Hassan dug into “GunTube,” the online ecosystem of firearms videomakers and influencers on YouTube.
In first-of-its-kind investigation, grantee finds that one-third of people shot by Detroit police were not charged or convicted of conduct that led to their shooting
More than a third of people shot nonfatally by Detroit police in recent years were not charged with a crime
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil companies influence research in exchange for donations, grantee reveals
Louisiana State University is letting oil companies influence its research work – if they donate enough money to the university
Grantee reveals that Chicago officials ignored warnings of migrant shelter conditions leading up to child’s death – and that unsafe conditions persist
Migrants in a Chicago shelter lived in unsafe conditions before and after the high-profile death of a child at the
Grantee uncovers details in case of Muslim prisoners in Missouri beaten for praying
Three years ago, a group of Muslim people in prison in Missouri were beaten because they we were praying. Jen