Deadline: Regular Grants January 27, 2025 Seed Grants January 31, 2025
Award Amount: $2,500 to $10,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Journalists
Description: This opportunity provides small grants for preliminary reporting that can lead to full investigations. The grants cover costs such as open-records requests and initial reporting trips. The maximum grant is $10,000. Grants cover out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, document collection and equipment rental. The Fund also considers requests for small stipends, as part of the budget. Reporters who do not yet have a full investigative proposal, but need support to do initial reporting to develop a story, an apply for seed funding to help cover the expenses of preliminary reporting. These grants range from $1,000 to $2,500. Emphasis on stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing, such as corruption, malfeasance, or misuse of power – in the public and private sectors. To be considered, foreign-based story proposals must come from U.S.-based reporters or have a strong U.S. angle, involving American citizens, government or business. All stories must be published in English and have a media outlet in the United States.