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 uncovers questionable practices behind failure of Louisiana’s home insurance market; policymakers vow reform
The Baton Rouge Advocate and the Times Picayune, with support from the Fund, found that Louisiana’s home insurance market fell
Chicago struggles to house migrants, and conditions are grim, grantee finds
In an investigation for Borderless Magazine about conditions for migrants in Chicago, more than a dozen people told reporter Nissa
Feds help Georgia charge environmental protesters as terrorists
Reporter Alleen Brown, with support from the Fund, examined public records to find new details about how the U.S. Department
As EPA issues one of its strongest orders ever on farm pollution, ongoing series examines risks with efforts to find energy alternatives
With support from the Fund, reporter Keith Schneider is writing a continuing series of stories on connections between Big Ag
San Diego housing agency allows landlords wide latitude to raise rates for publicly subsidized housing
The San Diego Housing Commission hands out about $300 million in federal money annually to help low-income tenants pay rent.
Fired whistleblowers trigger state probe of youth facility – but can’t get justice for themselves, grantee finds
Emily Carter and Kieria Krieger told Idaho state officials about evidence of child abuse and sexual assault against residents at
Grantee uncovers network behind right-wing takeover of Texas school boards; Texas Observer cover story prompts state legislator to call for reform
The Texas Observer did a deep dive into money and key actors behind right-wing takeovers of local school boards in
NPR investigation finds that prosecutors in Ohio who break the rules rarely face discipline
Columbia Journalism Investigations, NPR, its member station WVXU in Cincinnati and the Ohio Newsroom built a first-of-its-kind database about prosecutorial