California · Public charity
Journalism Funding Partners
Increase the depth and diversity of local journalism by building and stewarding connections between funds and reporting, serving as a bridge and a leader in the growing realm of philanthropy - supported journalism.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $47,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,918,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Journalism Funding Partners funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $4.0M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $2.9M | 60% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $2.0M | 82% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $829k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $191k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIJ Holdings | $3,094,963 | 5 | n/a |
| Associated Press Media Editors Association C/O Paula Froke | $2,568,484 | 3 | n/a |
| The McClatchy Company | $872,507 | 3 | n/a |
| Gannett Co | $683,290 | 3 | n/a |
| The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc | $399,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kalita Mukul Creative | $395,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Capitol Broadcasting Association Inc | $356,170 | 3 | 6% |
| Trusting News Inc | $192,649 | 1 | 33% |
| DeCapo Publishing Inc | $162,635 | 2 | n/a |
| Tallahassee Democrat | $131,995 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIJ Holdings | $3,094,963 | 5 | n/a |
| Associated Press Media Editors Association C/O Paula Froke | $2,568,484 | 3 | n/a |
| The McClatchy Company | $872,507 | 3 | n/a |
| Gannett Co | $683,290 | 3 | n/a |
| The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc | $399,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kalita Mukul Creative | $395,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Capitol Broadcasting Association Inc | $356,170 | 3 | 6% |
| Trusting News Inc | $192,649 | 1 | 33% |
| DeCapo Publishing Inc | $162,635 | 2 | n/a |
| Tallahassee Democrat | $131,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Wsoc-Tv | $79,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Sound Publishing | $74,352 | 1 | n/a |
| Green South Foundation Inc | $69,482 | 1 | 1% |
| Lee Enterprises Inc | $66,500 | 1 | n/a |
| HowardCenter Inc | $66,455 | 3 | 0% |
| Knight Foundation | $65,313 | 1 | n/a |
| Nj Urban News | $55,800 | 1 | n/a |
| California Scholastic Press Association | $54,600 | 2 | 46% |
| Bradenton Herald | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Journal Constitution | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Herald Charities Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 9% |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $41,984 | 1 | 0% |
| Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc | $36,804 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacramento County Office of Education | $32,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Tronc Inc | $25,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Univision | $23,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Grist Magazine Inc | $23,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram | $21,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Journalism Funding Partners supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Journalism Funding Partners
- How much does Journalism Funding Partners give?
- Journalism Funding Partners reported 17 grants totaling $4,012,757 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Journalism Funding Partners fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Human Services (1%), Environment (0%).
- Who are Journalism Funding Partners's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: SIJ Holdings ($3.1M), Associated Press Media Editors Association C/O Paula Froke ($2.6M), The McClatchy Company ($873k).
- Does Journalism Funding Partners fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Journalism Funding Partners?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Journalism Funding Partners based?
- Journalism Funding Partners is based in CA.
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