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 reporting for NY Times and Texas outlets shows young kids swept into criminal justice system at school; key legislator vows reform
Tens of thousands of children between the ages of 10 and 13 have been swept into Texas’s criminal justice system
Grantee uncovers lax oversight of oil companies in Oklahoma – including one company with 1,000 reports that’s never been fined
For a yearlong investigation for ProPublica and The Frontier, Nick Bowlin found that regulatory agency bosses routinely over-rule staff recommendations
Mexican cartels are stealing luxury rental cars from the U.S. to traffic drugs, grantee reports
Mexican cartels are stealing luxury rental cars to traffic drugs, according to reporting by Steve Fisher for Puente News Collaborative,
Grantee series on deed theft targeting Black families in New York shows that efforts to curb predatory practices fall short
In the second installment of her Amsterdam News series on deed theft affecting Black homeowners in New York, Karen Juanita
Grantee reveals that California allows truckers to continue driving after fatal crashes; investigation prompts DMV to take action
CalMatters reporters Lauren Hepler and Robert Lewis spent six months investigating how California allows commercial truck drivers to continue driving
Grantee investigation finds that North Dakota on pace to lose $66 million from oil tax break; legislators vow to take action
More than half of North Dakota’s 20,000 oil wells are designated “stripper” wells, meaning they produce low levels of oil
Grantee obtains records showing that New York State Police agency minimizes domestic violence allegations against officers and staff
For an investigation in New York Focus, with support from the Fund, Sanjana Bhambhani reviewed domestic-violence allegations against New York
Ahead of midterm election, grantees probe integrity of voting systems in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Technical.ly and the Buck County Beacon collaborated on an investigation into systems used for voting in Philadelphia and the four