New Jersey · Private foundation
Dow Jones News Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $35k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 84
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $483k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Dow Jones News Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $50k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $60k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $77k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 84 | $251k | 87% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $260k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 79 | $447k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $328k | 85% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King's College | $219,747 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $137,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Kentucky University | $56,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc | $43,610 | 2 | 1% |
| Northern Arizona University Foundation | $24,250 | 4 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $22,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CalMatters | $16,250 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 304 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dow Jones News Fund Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: The Scripps Howard Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists · Tegna Foundation Inc · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gannett Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Institute for Nonprofit News
How this is measured
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About Dow Jones News Fund Inc
- How much does Dow Jones News Fund Inc give?
- Dow Jones News Fund Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $35,000, out of $108,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 84 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dow Jones News Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (14%), Employment (14%).
- Who are Dow Jones News Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The King's College ($220k), University of Texas at El Paso ($138k), Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ($95k).
- Does Dow Jones News Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dow Jones News Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dow Jones News Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Scripps Howard Foundation, John S and James L Knight Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation.
- Where is Dow Jones News Fund Inc based?
- Dow Jones News Fund Inc is based in NJ.
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