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 documents continued problems in Chicago’s newly merged shelter system for homeless people and migrants
Two years after Borderless uncovered inhumane conditions and the death of a five-year-old boy at a city-run shelter in Chicago,
Big Los Angeles landlords avoid low-income Section 8 tenants, despite state law, grantee reveals
Some of Los Angeles’ largest landlords skirt anti-discrimination laws that are supposed to protect low-income people applying for apartments, according
Grantee finds Los Angeles water utility ill-prepared for major earthquake
A major earthquake in California, dubbed the “Big One,” has been foretold for decades. Reporting for AfroLA and with support
Grantee digs into legal and emotional toll of Catholic church abuse cases in Louisiana
For a series of in-depth reports in National Catholic Reporter, and with support from the Fund, investigative journalist Jason Berry
Grantee investigates poor emergency planning at Los Angeles nursing homes in wake of Altadena fire
When the deadly Eaton Fire approached an elder care facility in Altadena, Calif., staff weren’t properly trained on evacuation and
Grantees’ New York Times/Mississippi Today investigation sparks state review of jail brutality
Guards in a Mississippi jail terrorized people in their care for years, according to a new investigation published by The
For The Frontier and ProPublica, grantee uncovers failure of Oklahoma regulators to stop toxic wastewater from oil fields
For five years, toxic oilfield wastewater has been pouring out of the ground across Oklahoma. It has blasted out of
Grantee uncovers pervasive sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons, prompting state review
In a deeply sourced year-long investigation supported by the Fund, InvestigateWest uncovered pervasive staff sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons,