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.
Risk of flooding on San Francisco’s Treasure Island has been downplayed, grantee finds
San Francisco Public Press, with support from the Fund, found that officials have significantly underestimated the risk of flooding on
Grantee reveals lax medical care by a for-profit company, as death rate in Arizona county jail spikes
With support from the Fund, reporter John Washington of Arizona Luminaria is investigating the unusually high rate of deaths at
Grantee finds a culture of indifference and hostility to complaints about police misconduct in Baton Rouge; series sparks community action
Reporters Clarissa Sosin and Daryl Khan, with support from the Fund, published a five-part investigative series in Verite that examined
Grantee crunches Wisconsin election data and debunks fraud allegations
Wisconsin Watch, with a grant from the Fund for stories on threats to democracy, conducted the most comprehensive accounting of
Grantee probes Florida guardianship program, sparking official investigation and an immediate halt in activity
Reporters Daniel Rivero and Joshua Ceballos, reporting for public radio station WLRN with support from the Fund, probed the publicly
Grantee traces the impact of new laws giving people convicted of felonies a second chance
For decades, there’s been little hope for people sentenced to life in prison in the United States. But, as Silvia
Grantee probes close relationships between Environmental Protection Agency and mining companies it is supposed to regulate
Emails obtained by InvestigateWest reveal a cozy relationship between federal Environmental Protection Agency officials and mining companies operating in Butte,
Slavic immigrants’ church encouraged congregants to invest in companies led by church officials but often barred them from selling their shares
Leaders and members of the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church in Sacramento and other Slavic churches in the U.S. have invested