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 documentary shines new light on 1968 civil-right case and sparks review by federal agency
A new documentary digs into an unsolved murder in 1968 that was reportedly racially motivated. “The Girl in the Yellow
Grantee’s yearlong series examines high rate of jail deaths in Pima County, Arizona
The Tucson Sentinel, with support from the Fund, has published a series of reports on inmate deaths in the Pima
Grantee tracks lobbying campaign that slowed down move toward electric vehicles in San Francisco
Intense lobbying led the City of San Francisco to adopt a series of policies that will make it harder for
Grantee tracks declining care at for-profit nursing homes serving Japanese community in Los Angeles
Eight years after a private company took over a Los Angeles-area nursing home that had been run by a Japanese
Podcast exposes disconnect between DC’s gas infrastructure replacement plan and its plans to go carbon-neutral
Washington, DC, has committed to eliminate the use of fossil fuels – but the local gas utility is spending hundreds
California church exporting anti-gay efforts to Europe, grantee finds
Conservative U.S.-based organizations that encourage people to change their sexual orientation and “leave” the LGBTQ community are shifting their focus
Grantee uncovers causes of housing shortage in small Alaskan cruise ship town, prompting changes
A change in town policy over seasonal employees sleeping in tents has fueled a housing shortage for year-round residents in
Grantee investigation shows that Seattle misrepresented river dam’s impact on Indigenous communities
The City of Seattle has misrepresented the environmental impacts of its dams for decades, Rico Moore found in an investigation