· Public charity
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation
The ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION is dedicated to the promotion and support of independent journalism.anf serves as a fiscal sponsor to organizations that are building and sustaining news and information infrastructure across the country.as part of its affiliation with aan publishers (aan.org), anf supports the professional…
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k57 grants · $1.2M
- $50k–250k6 grants · $586k
- $250k+1 grant · $375k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Oregon Journalism Project | $375,000 |
| Chicago News Weekly LLC | $151,450 |
| Grassroots DC | $109,250 |
| What's Happening Inc | $102,025 |
| Arkansas Times Limited Partnership | $99,988 |
| Milestone Communications Inc | $62,337 |
| HBCU Digital Media Collaborative | $60,957 |
| Embarcadero Media Foundation | $40,000 |
| Valeria Fernandez | $33,335 |
| Flagpole Inc | $29,300 |
| NWA News Project LLC | $25,929 |
| Beat Media Inc | $25,694 |
| Duke University | $20,000 |
| Cleveland Scene | $20,000 |
| San Francisco Public Press | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To educate journalists and the public, and foster public debate, about improving political journalism to reflect public needs and hold the powerful accountable.
Through in-depth and thought-provoking journalism, prism reflects the lived experiences of people most impacted by injustice. As an independent and nonprofit newsroom LED by journalists of color, we tell stories from the ground up: to…
Educating the public and journalists about crime and criminal justice, primarily through the publication of a daily news digest, Crime and Justice News.
Build a community-supported newsroom that ignites civic engagement, educates citizens and strengthens our democracy.
Expands local news across North Carolina
To provide credible reporting and commentary on its website (counterpunch.org) and through its podcast, helping readers make informed and balanced assessments - vital for a healthy democratic society - on the public issues of the day.
To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…
We grow local news for and from the Valley to help you live a healthy and informed life. We connect Central Valley communities with the support needed to grow and sustain local journalism.
To empower the people of Nashville to make informed decisions by providing non-partisan journalism from an independent, nonprofit newsroom.
How this is measured
30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 69 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Local Media Foundation · Institute for Nonprofit News · Local Media Association · The Groundtruth Project Inc · Solutions Journalism Network Inc · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · American Press Institute Inc · The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Rose Community Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alternative Newsweekly Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alternative Newsweekly Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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