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Press Forward Infrastructure Open Call
11/14/24
The second open call from Press Forward (the $500 million funding collaborative that aims to support local news) focuses on strengthening the infrastructure in newsrooms. They are looking for scalable, replicable or new solutions to common challenges to sustainably creating and disseminating local news. 20-30 grants ranging $500,000 - $1.5 million are available to stations alone or as part of a collaboration. LOIs are due January 15, 2025, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. -
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Press Forward Local Journalism Open Call
04/25/24
Press Forward is a $500 million philanthropic collaboration to re-imagine local news. This is their first open call, targeting long-standing inequalities in journalistic coverage of underserved communities. 100+ newsrooms will receive $100,000 in general operating support over 2 years. The open call on closing local coverage gaps is now closed. The next competition is expected in the fall of 2024. -
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U.S. Press Freedom Accountability grants
10/05/20
$2,000 - $5,000 is available for reporting on press freedom violations and accountability in relation to coverage of protests against police violence. Rolling deadline beginning October 1, 2020. -
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Rita Allen Foundation Seeks Proposals to Curb Spread of Misinformation
04/04/18
April 2018. Selected proposals will be featured at a Misinformation Solutions Forum in October 2018 in Washington, D.C. Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2018. -
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Ford Foundation
07/24/17
The Ford Foundation's focus post-2020 is on challenging inequality. Grants for media focus on informing the public about complex social issues. Documentary funding is available through the JustFilms program.
