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 web of abuse; women say Utah police and courts have failed to stop an alleged serial abuser
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project found an array of allegations against one man, Andrekus Rowe, by at least 17 different
Grantee tracks U.S. and European groups trying to export gay “conversion therapy” movement to Africa
So-called “conversion therapy” that purports to convert gay people to become straight has lost favor in Europe and the U.S.,
Deputies at Idaho’s Canyon County Jail violated policies that could have saved lives, grantee reveals
Three suicides in eight months at an Idaho jail exposed a lack of accountability and oversight of the Canyon County
Grantees uncover how a public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts
With the Fund’s support, Sara Sneath was working on a series about fossil fuel influence in Louisiana universities when she
Grantee uncovers how North America’s leading brownfield redeveloper makes millions by not redeveloping brownfields
The Commercial Development Company (CDC), which calls itself “North America’s leading brownfield developer,” acquires environmentally-impacted lands from industrial operators, pledging
Grantee examines ‘ticking time bomb’ facing Wyoming’s public defenders and their clients
Wyoming’s public-defender system has long suffered from inadequate funding and high caseloads. In addition, public defenders in the state work
Two-year grantee investigation documents the gutting of the Eighth Amendment
Business Insider exposed how a series of Supreme Court decisions and laws have made it nearly impossible for incarcerated plaintiffs
Grantee investigates white investors who mismanaged a tribal cannabis operation in Nevada
With support from the Fund, Judith Matloff spent a year investigating a group of white investors who promised to give