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.
Grantee podcast digs into history of right-wing shortwave radio use that feeds current media landscape
The second season of Katie Thornton’s podcast, “The Divided Dial” recently aired on WNYC’s “On the Media” and NPR stations
EPA excluded data on Black people who live closest to toxic sites; grantee reporting leads EPA to restore data
An investigation by Streetlight, a nonprofit news outlet based in Oklahoma City, found that most information from the U.S. Environmental
Book on the Amazon published after friends of murdered journalist finished his work
Journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were brutally murdered in the Amazon while Phillips was investigating illegal fishing in
Alabama has settled 100 cases of excessive force in prisons since 2020, grantee finds
Independent journalist Beth Shelburne partnered with the Alabama Reflector to investigate the state’s runaway legal spending in defending its prison
Grantee finds that Southern California airport fails to warn community about hazardous exposure
Following up on their investigation into the health impact Van Nuys Airport has on Southern California residents, a team from
Hawaii child-welfare officials’ scant record-keeping raises risks in other cases, grantee finds
In its continuing investigation of Hawaii’s child welfare system, with support from the Fund, Civil Beat reported that state authorities
Grantee uncovers Pittsburgh mining company’s impact in Australia
A Pittsburgh-based company, Alcoa, has been mining aluminum in Western Australia for more than 60 years under a special agreement
Development is wiping out trees in less-affluent parts of Washington, DC, putting residents’ health at risk, grantee finds
An investigation by Hola Cultura, with a seed grant from the Fund, mapped areas in Washington, DC, where healthy trees