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 examines Bitcoin mining facility in Oklahoma that received OSHA fines in race to build data centers
With support from the Fund, Streetlight, a nonprofit news outlet, found that a Muskogee, Oklahoma, data center has received workplace
Grantee probes ‘model’ S.F. complex for the formerly homeless, where a man lay dead for days unnoticed
Close to one-third of all city-funded apartments for formerly homeless people in San Francisco are run by the nonprofit HomeRise,
Public-radio documentary digs into environmental concerns along U.S./Mexico border
For KUNM, the public radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kent Patterson and Mercedes Mejia produced an hourlong documentary on
In new documentary film, grantee spotlights battle over homeless encampment in Oakland, California
Journalist Caron Creighton’s feature-length documentary film, “Wood Street,” premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film festival and will screen in
Investigation raises serious questions about Oklahoma homebuyers not being informed of Superfund site hazards
The Tar Creek area of Oklahoma was a mining site for a nearly a century, leading it to be designated
Grantee examines health impact of pesticides in the Midwest – and zeroes in on state and federal government complicity
With support from the Fund, Investigate Midwest analyzed data about pesticide use and caner rates and interviewed more than 100
To determine if hemp products in Wisconsin are safe and legal, grantee conducts independent testing
Hemp products are legal in Wisconsin, but only if they have very low levels of THC, the chemical in marijuana
State reverses course on prison sex-assault case after grantee locates alleged abuser
When a woman sued New York State, alleging that a guard routinely sexually assaulted her when she was in prison,