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.
Investigation finds that people convicted of animal abuse in Kentucky rarely face prison time
People convicted of animal abuse in Kentucky often spend little or no time in prison for their crimes, R.G. Dunlop
Investigation tracks the spread of new super-potent opioids in the U.S.
A powerful class of synthetic opioids known as nitazenes – which can be up to 40 times more potent than
Series examines election systems in Pennsylvania swing county
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a closely-watched bellwether in state and national elections – a swing county in a swing state.
Local official pushes to redirect federal timber revenue into county coffers
In the heart of rural Washington logging country, a county commissioner is pushing a plan to use the threat of
Grantee documents spread of Trump misinformation about African on social media
With support from the Fund, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism examined thousands of conversations on Truth Social to trace
Migrant’s diary chronicles his odyssey in post-Trump Latin America
With support from the Fund, The New Humanitarian is publishing an ongoing series, the Deterrence Effect, documenting how U.S. immigration
Investigating Workers’ Compensation in New York, grantee finds a “long retreat”
New York became the first state in the nation to set up a workers’ compensation system in the wake of
Grantee investigation tracks extent of parents surrendering their kids to foster care to get mental-health treatment
Thousands of children in the throes of mental health crises are turned over to foster care each year by parents