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.
In ‘This American Life’ episode, grantee explores case of Native woman killed in hit-and-run
Sierra Crane Murdoch dug into the case of Mika Westwolf, a young Native woman who died after being hit by
New grantee book documents extent and impact of ‘forever chemicals’ in the U.S.
“Poisoning the Well,” a new book by Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin, traces the history of PFAS, a set of
Grantees uncover toxic supply chain in dozens of U.S. cities, zeroing in on impact in El Paso, Texas
Dozens of warehouses across the country store medical devices sterilized with ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical – and the facilities
Grantee exposes cryptocurrency mining ‘racket’ in Texas
For a cover story in the new issue of the Texas Observer, co-published in The Nation, Candice Bernd dug into
Grantee examines controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal
For a new story in MIT Technology Review, Gregory Barber used land records to identify large-scale eucalyptus plantations in southwestern
Grantee investigation uncovers health concerns linked to airport in Los Angeles
Air and noise pollution from the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles is harming local residents’ health, according to extensive
Grantees find that ‘conviction integrity units’ designed to find wrongful convictions in New York State are falling short of their promise
New York Focus and Columbia Journalism Investigations, with support from the Fund, dug into conviction integrity units across New York
Grantee finds that Georgia agency relied on controversial lab for drug tests in custody decisions; story prompts agency head to consider audit
Georgia’s child welfare agency, tasked with protecting children from mistreatment, contracted with a company to drug test parents and produce