Our supporters

Our supporters include philanthropic individuals, family foundations, institutional funders and corporate partners — all who see the urgency of the crisis facing local news, and share our vision for sustainable nonprofit local news.

As we pursue this mission to establish and sustain local journalism as a public good, we are thankful to have these donors and partners alongside us:

$200,000 to $999,999

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations  |  Simone Coxe |  Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation  |  Ford Foundation  |  Four Pines Charitable Foundation  |  The Hearthland Foundation  |  William & Flora Hewlett Foundation  |  Kaplen Brothers Fund  |  Henry Luce Foundation  |  Lumina Foundation  |  Patrick J. McGovern Foundation  |  The staff at The New York Times through its employee-giving campaign  |  Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh  |  Present Progressive Fund  |  The Schmidt Family Foundation  |  Erin and John Thornton  |  Natasha and Dirk Ziff

$5,000 – $199,999

Bruce Aidells & Nancy Oakes  |  The Alderyn Fund  |  Allen & Company  |  Howard M. Austin  |  Pam & Larry Baer |  Baskin Family Foundation  |  Harris A. Berman & Ruth E. Nemzoff Family Foundation  |  Eliot Brown  |  Cat’s Ear Account  |  David Conrad  |  Dana Devon and Neil Sand  |  Adam Entous  |  Erkiletian Family Foundation |  Freedom Forum  |  Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation  |  Girl Reporter Fund  | Good Words Foundation  |  Greenfield Foundation  | Inasmuch Foundation  |  Jampart Charitable Trust  |  Jewish Foundation of Memphis  |  Katherine Kovner  |  Peter Kranwinkle  |  Lakeside Foundation  |  Erica and Jeff Lawson  |  The Listgarten Family Fund  |  Dr. Michelle and Mr. Daniel Lubetzky |  Ben Lumpkin  |  Julia Maher  |  Laura and Scott Malkin  |  MERGEM Fund  |  Charles Hazlehurst Moura Family Foundation  |  Roger Miles  |  Patrick Miller  |  Miranda Family Fund |  Joe Natoli  |  News Corp  |  Gaye T. Pigott  |  Rockefeller Brothers Fund  |  Rust Charitable Foundation  |  Schwab Charitable  |  Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation  |  Lucien Simpfendoerfer  |  Eric Sorensen  |  Susan Crowne Exchange, Inc. |  Karen Tarnow  |  Maria Thomas |  Marianne Victor  |  Walton Family Foundation  |  R. Ted Weschler  |  Wyncote Foundation  |  Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Charitable Trust  |  Brian and Susie Zachman Charitable Fund

The Lede

Meet our community of individual champions committed to supporting local news.

Leadership Circle

Simone Coxe

The Lede

Bruce Aidells & Nancy Oakes

Allen & Company

Pam and Larry Baer

Dana and Neil Devon

Good Words Foundation

Kaplen Brothers Fund

Erica and Jeff Lawson

Roger Miles

Patrick Miller

Miranda Family Fund

Joe Natoli

Present Progressive Fund

Karen Tarnow

Learn more about joining The Lede

Local Philanthropy Partners

We also want to give a special thanks to our local philanthropic partners who have provided funding to help identify and address information gaps in their communities. 

Arnold Ventures  |  California Community Foundation  |  Central Indiana Community Foundation  | Cleveland Foundation  |  Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln  |  Grand Rapids Community Foundation  |  Hillman Family Foundations  |  Houston Endowment  |  The James Irvine Foundation  |  Emily Kaiser  |  Kalamazoo Community Foundation  |  Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation  |  Lumina Foundation  |  W.K. Kellogg Foundation  |  Waco Foundation  |  Walton Family Foundation  |  Wichita Foundation 

The American Journalism Project is guided by the same principles of transparency and independence as our grantees, who adhere to the ethics and standards of the Institute for Nonprofit News. Read our gift acceptance policy here.

Have questions about supporting the American Journalism Project? We’d love to talk to you:  philanthropy@theajp.org.

Photo courtesy of our grantee partner City Bureau.