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Amount ($)
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Description |
Year
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|---|---|---|---|
| Howard G. Buffett Foundation | $231,392 | Support for features reporting on the Ukraine War | 2025 |
| McPike-Zima Foundation | $75,000 | Support for reporting on oceans | 2025 |
| Maine Community Foundation | $55,000 | Support for reporting on environmental health and justice | 2024 |
| Maine Community Foundation | $55,000 | Support for reporting on environmental health and justice | 2023 |
| Oak Foundation | $600,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $40,000 | Support for reporting on climate | 2024 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2021 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2024 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on climate justice in Latin America & the Caribbean | 2024 |
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | $25,000 | General support | 2024 |
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | $75,000 | General support | 2023 |
| Foundation for Child Development | $200,000 | Support for reporting on child disparities & inequality in the US | 2025 |
| Foundation for Child Development | $30,000 | Support for research on child disparities reporting | 2024 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $350,000 | Support for Our Unequal Earth | 2024 |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund | $300,000 | Support for Rights & Freedom | 2024 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on democracy at the intersection of climate and racial justice | 2024 |
| Humanity United | $500,000 | Support for Rights & Freedom | 2024 |
| California Wellness Foundation | $700,000 | Support for Guns & Lies | 2024 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $900,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2024 |
| Tortuga Foundation | $75,000 | Support for climate reporting | 2024 |
| Park Foundation | $200,000 | General support for US reporting | 2024 |
| Society of Environmental Journalists | $200,000 | Support for reporting on marine conservation in Canada | 2024 |
| BAND Foundation | $350,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2024 |
| BAND Foundation | $300,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2022 |
| BAND Foundation | $300,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2021 |
| BAND Foundation | $300,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2023 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2023 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $500,000 | Support for Our Unequal Earth | 2023 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $3,600,000 | Support for global development reporting | 2023 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2023 |
| Tortuga Foundation | $75,000 | Support for climate reporting | 2023 |
| Park Foundation | $150,000 | General support for US reporting | 2023 |
| McPike-Zima Foundation | $75,000 | Support for reporting on oceans | 2023 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on climate justice in Latin America & the Caribbean | 2024 |
| Wyss Foundation | $200,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2020 |
| Wyss Foundation | $500,000 | Reporting on biodiversity loss | 2019 |
| Water Foundation | $30,000 | Reporting on America's water crisis | 2020 |
| The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | $28,000 | Support for Lost on the Frontline | 2020 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $250,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2021 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $50,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2019 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $250,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2019 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $250,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2018 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $200,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2019 |
| Society of Environmental Journalists | $120,000 | Reporting on public lands in US & Canada | 2020 |
| Society of Environmental Journalists | $140,000 | Reporting on public lands in US & Canada | 2019 |
| Society of Environmental Journalists | $340,000 | Reporting on public lands | 2017 |
| Skoll Foundation | $220,000 | Reporting on social entrepreneurship and solutions | 2018 |
| Skoll Foundation | $100,000 | Climate stories | 2016 |
| Schumann Media Center | $500,000 | Support for reporting project on the fight for fair voting | 2019 |
| RSF Social Finance | $30,000 | Reporting highlighting the drivers and trends of violence against environmental defenders | 2019 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $200,000 | Reporting on climate accountability | 2021 |
| Park Foundation | $150,000 | General support for US reporting | 2020 |
| Park Foundation | $125,000 | General support for US reporting | 2018 |
| Open Philanthropy Project | $900,000 | Journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty | 2020 |
| Open Philanthropy Project | $886,600 | Journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty | 2017 |
| Oak Foundation | $600,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2021 |
| New York Life Foundation | $25,000 | Reporting on deaths of front-line workers during COVID-19 | 2020 |
| Maine Community Foundation | $25,000 | Support for Toxic America | 2019 |
| Humanity United | $1,500,000 | Reporting platform on rights, freedom, and dignity | 2020 |
| Humanity United | $800,000 | Reporting on modern day slavery | 2019 |
| Humanity United | $800,000 | Reporting on modern day slavery | 2016 |
| Fledgling Fund | $10,000 | Support for documentary film | 2018 |
| Fledgling Fund | $7,000 | General support | 2018 |
| Equation Campaign | $100,000 | General support | 2021 |
| Energy Foundation | $75,000 | Support for reporting on climate change, policy and energy reporting in the US | 2020 |
| Energy Foundation | $200,000 | Support for reporting on climate change, policy and energy reporting in the US | 2019 |
| Energy Foundation | $200,000 | Support for reporting on climate change, policy and energy reporting in the US | 2018 |
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | $125,000 | General support | 2021 |
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | $100,000 | Support for reporting project on the fight for fair voting | 2019 |
| Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | $250,000 | Support for journalism on issues related to early childhood education | 2017 |
| California Wellness Foundation | $700,000 | Support for Guns & Lies | 2021 |
| California Wellness Foundation | $50,000 | Support to address the intersection of COVID-19 and gun violence in communities of color across the Bay region | 2020 |
| California Wellness Foundation | $250,000 | Reporting on breaking cycles of gun violence in the Bay Area of California | 2019 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $175,000 | Supporting a workshop at the International Journalism Festival | 2020 |
| BAND Foundation | $300,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2020 |
| BAND Foundation | $500,000 | Reporting on biodiversity loss | 2019 |
| Aga Khan Foundation | $48,241 | Reporting on women and girls' education and empowerment in Afghanistan | 2019 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $500,000 | Support for Our Unequal Earth | 2020 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $250,000 | Support for environmental justice reporting | 2019 |
| Park Foundation | $150,000 | Support for reporting on the fight for fair voting | 2019 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on gender equality in the US | 2019 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2020 |
| Open Society Foundations | $125,000 | Support for reporting related to AI and automated decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 |
| Tortuga Foundation | $50,000 | Support for climate crime reporting project | 2021 |
| Arcadia Fund | $900,000 | Support for Age of Extinction | 2021 |
| Helmsley Charitable Trust | $1,500,000 | Support for reporting on non-communicable diseases in the developing world | 2021 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $500,000 | Support for Our Unequal Earth | 2021 |
| 11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family Foundation | $500,000 | Support for Our Unequal Earth | 2022 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on climate justice in Latin America & the Caribbean | 2023 |
| Mai Family Foundation | $50,000 | Supporting for voting rights reporting | 2020 |
| Grantham Foundation | $50,000 | https://www.granthamfoundation.org/ | 2020 |
| Ford Foundation | $150,000 | Support for reporting on voting rights and democracy | 2022 |
| Ford Foundation | $300,000 | Support for reporting on future of workers' rights | 2022 |
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | $100,000 | General support | 2022 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $100,000 | Supporting a workshop at the International Journalism Festival | 2022 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | $600,000 | Reporting on IUU fishing and the connection between ocean conservation and climate change | 2022 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2022 |
| Tortuga Foundation | $50,000 | Support for climate crime reporting project | 2022 |
| Open Society Foundations | $400,000 | Support for reporting on vaccine equity | 2022 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2022 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $150,000 | Reporting on climate accountability | 2022 |
| Park Foundation | $150,000 | General support for US reporting | 2022 |
| Open Philanthropy Project | $450,000 | Journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty | 2022 |
| Melville Charitable Trust | $165,000 | Support for reporting on housing instability, homelessness, and lack of affordable housing | 2022 |
| Maine Community Foundation | $55,000 | Support for reporting on environmental health and justice | 2022 |
| Mai Family Foundation | $50,000 | Support for democracy reporting | 2022 |
| Humanity United | $850,000 | Renewal support for Rights & Freedom reporting platform | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | $50,000 | Support for reporting on toxic contamination & environment | 2021 |
| Society of Environmental Journalists | $200,000 | Support for reporting on marine conservation in Canada | 2021 |
| Park Foundation | $50,000 | General support for US reporting | 2021 |
| Park Foundation | $150,000 | General support for US reporting | 2021 |
| Open Society Foundations | $250,000 | Support for reporting on environmental and climate justice | 2021 |
| McPike-Zima Foundation | $50,000 | Support for reporting on oceans | 2021 |
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