Our work is made possible by a range of philanthropic partners who care deeply about the role journalism plays in advancing a free, open society for all people. GroundTruth donors include private companies, public foundations, family foundations, and everyday people who believe in the power of reporting on the ground. Here’s who powers our work (organized by lifetime giving):
$5M+
The Knight Foundation
Meta Journalism Project
Anonymous
$1M – $5M
The Bake Family Trust
The Ford Foundation
Google News Initiative
The Hearthland Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Microsoft
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Spring Point
The Just Trust
Tow Foundation
Vere Initiatives
University of Missouri, in partnership with Walton Family Foundation
Anonymous
$500,000 – $999,999
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Heising-Simons Foundation
Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Lumina Foundation
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Open Hands Initiative
Packard Foundation
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
Posner Foundation
Robin D’Alessandro
Select Equity Group Foundation
$250,000 – $499,999
American Journalism Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Commonwealth Fund
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation
Inasmuch Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Park Foundation
Pivotal Ventures
Skyline Foundation
$100,000 – $249,999
The Chicago Community Trust
Dan and Christine Quinn Family Foundation
East-West Center
Fortune Magazine
Friedman Family Charitable Fund
FORTUNE Journalism PleasrFund
Further Forward Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
Galloway Family Foundation
Jesse and Betsy Fink
Kellogg Foundation
Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Leon Levy Foundation
LOR Foundation
Northern Trust
Northwell Health
Public Welfare Foundation
Radiant Foundation
Revson Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Solutions Journalism Network
Susie Trees
Wyncote Foundation
Anonymous
$50,000 – $99,999
Ann Davis Vaughn
Annenberg Foundation
Argosy Foundation
Bildner Charitable Trust
CatchLight
David Murphy
The Fialkow Family Foundation
David Murphy
Democracy Fund
GBH
Iger Bay Foundation
Jim and Susan Swartz
Linda Mason and Roger Brown
Melville Trust
McClatchy Foundation
Minneapolis Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Newhouse Foundation
Newman’s Own
The Panonica Foundation
Patrick Sullivan
Rob and Jessica Zeaske
Robert Sullivan
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Solutions Journalism Network
Swartz Foundation
Val A. Browning Charitable Foundation
You Have Our Trust Fund
Anonymous
Anonymous
$5,000 – $49,999
- Al Combs
- Amy Mucha
- Anne Louise Van Nostrand
- Around The Table Foundation
- Arthur Blank Foundation
- Barinaga Goodman Fund
- Battery Foundation
- Bingham Family Charitable Foundation
- Bloomberg LP
- The Boston Foundation
- BRELL Fund of the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
- Carolyn Williams
- Cashel Family Fund
- Charleston Gazette-Mail
- Chicken and Egg Pictures
- Christopher Barry
- Correspondents Fund
- Desert Hot Springs Historical Society
- Ed O’Neill
- Eleanor Bingham Miller
- Eliot Brown
- Ellen Tykeson
- Emily Del Greco
- EOS Foundation
- Eric Berke
- Fledgling Fund
- Gannett Foundation
- Gates Family Foundation
- Harbus Foundation
- Hull Family Foundation
- Institute for Nonprofit News
- James Dean Foundation
- James Lundy
- James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
- Janet Clark
- Nancy and Jim Bildner
- Jordan Meranus
- Journalismfund.eu
- Julia Maher
- Kerry Smith
- Kings Bowl America LLC
- Kivel-Goldstein Family Fund
- Lauren MacDonald
- Laurie David
- Lexington Herald-Leader
- Listgarten Family Fund
- Lucky Dog Too Fund
- Maisie Gift Fund
- Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation
- Maria Cuomo Cole and Kenneth Cole
- Marilyn Caden’s Trust
- Mass Humanities
- Miami Foundation via Newsmatch
- Miller-Wehrle Family Foundation
- Mostyn Foundation
- National Geographic Partners
- New England International Donors
- Newspapers of New England
- Orbis Investments
- Pamela Thye
- Phillips-Green Foundation
- Research Triangle International
- Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
- Richard Weintraub
- Rick and Beverly Fetterman
- Robert and Susan Sennott
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Ruth Crohn Dickler Legacy Fund
- Sacajawea Charitable Foundation
- Salem Award Foundation
- Samuel Rubin Foundation
- Sarah Delaney
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Shannon Lee
- Sharon Hessney
- Sharon Love
- Sierra Health Foundation
- Sparkjoy Foundation
- Strong Foundation of New York
- Susan Crown Exchange
- Susan Karp and Paul Haahr
- Suzanne Shepherd Household
- Ted and Grace Anne Koppel
- The Benevity Community Impact Fund
- The Briar Foundation
- The Kendeda Fund
- The Ramsey Family Fund
- The Robert Cushman Woods Van Nostrand
- The Steven M and Joyce E Tadler Charitable Trust
- The Weinreich Family Charitable Fund
- Townsend Fund
- Triangle Community Foundation
- TTEC Perception
- West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- William Laitner
- YPO Gold New England
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
2023 – 2024 Report for America Local Newsroom Supporters
- Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism
- American Journalism Project
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Anonymous (2)
- The Arnold Foundation
- Arnold Ventures
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
- Ashland County Community Foundation
- Bainum Family Foundation
- Bama Works Fund for Dave Matthews Band
- Bastian Foundation
- The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation
- Blue Shield of California
- Borealis Philanthropies
- California Endowment
- California Health Care Foundation
- Central Indiana Community Foundation
- Chicago Community Trust
- Cleveland Foundation
- Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity
- Collins Foundation
- Colorado Media Project
- Communities Foundation of Texas
- Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
- Cone Health Foundation
- Connecticut Health Foundation
- County of Boulder Resource Conservation Division
- Dallas Foundation
- Democracy Fund
- Des Moines Area Community College
- EJMP Charitable Foundation
- Ella West Freeman Foundation
- Emerson Collective
- Ewing and Marion Kauffman Foundation
- First Horizon Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Fundación Angel Ramos
- Gardner Foundation
- Gezellig Foundation
- GHR Foundation
- Goldseker Foundation
- Google News Equity Fund
- Google News Initiative
- Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
- Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
- Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Greater Washington Community Foundation
- Grist Center for Rural Strategies
- Hannaford Charitable Foundation
- Hansberger Foundation
- Health Forward Foundation
- Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
- Heinz Endowments
- Helen and Jabie Hardin Charitable Trust
- The Henry Luce Foundation
- Hollyhock Foundation
- Horace A. Kimball & S. Ella Kimball Foundation
- Inasmuch Foundation
- Inatai Foundation
- International Women’s Media Foundation
- Irvine Foundation
- Island Foundation
- The Jessie Ball duPont Fund
- Jewish Heritage Fund
- Johnson Family Foundation
- Joyce Foundation
- Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Historic Heritage Area
- Kirkpatrick Foundation
- Kissinger Family Foundation Donation
- Knox Community Foundation
- Lenfest Institute
- Leon Levy Foundation
- Local Independent
- Loud Hound Foundation
- Louisville Climate Action Network
- Lumpkin Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Maine Health Access Foundation
- Maine State Housing Authority
- Marx Family Foundation
- Meadows Foundation
- Melville Charitable Trust
- Meriden-Wallingford Community Foundation
- Meyer Memorial Trust
- The Miami Foundation
- Microsoft Foundation
- Millstream Fund
- Minneapolis Foundation
- Morris Roberts Local Journalism Foundation
- Mott Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- Nebraska Public Media Foundation
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- New Jersey Civic Information Consortium
- NewsMatch
- North Valley Community Foundation
- Northern Piedmont Community Foundation
- Posner Foundation
- Press Democrat Journalism Trust
- Press Forward
- ProPublica
- Pulitzer Center
- Rathmann Foundation
- Reva & David Logan Foundation
- Revson Foundation
- Ringen Fund
- Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
- Robert Woodruff Foundation
- RosaMary Foundation
- Sam L. Cohen Foundation
- Schumann Fund for New Jersey
- Sherman Family Foundation
- Skyline Foundation
- State of New York
- Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation
- SunTrust
- The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
- Thornburg Foundation
- Trillium Family Foundation
- United Black Fund
- Urban Child Institute
- Utah Community Foundation
- Vermont Community Foundation
- Vitalyst Health Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- Weingart
- Wheeler Foundation
- William Penn Foundation
- WMU Foundation
- Wyncote Foundation
- Yakima Valley Community Foundation
