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 independent 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, many of whom have supported our work since we launched in 2019. 

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.

$200,000 to $999,999

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations  |  Simone Coxe |  Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation  |  Ford Foundation  |  Four Pines Charitable Foundation  |  William & Flora Hewlett Foundation  |  Kaplen Brothers Fund  |  Henry Luce Foundation  |  Lumina 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 to $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  |  Beth Dozoretz  |  Adam Entous  |  Erkiletian Family Foundation |  Ferguson-Spires Fund  |  Flamboyan Foundation  |  Freedom Forum  |  Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation  |  Girl Reporter Fund  | Good Words Foundation  |  Greenfield Foundation  |  Elizabeth Heinsohn  |  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  |  Victoria Martin  |  McDougal Family Foundation  |  MERGEM Fund  |  Charles Hazlehurst Moura Family Foundation  |  Roger Miles  |  Patrick Miller  |  Miranda Family Fund |  MKM Foundation  |  Joe Natoli  |  News Corp  |  The Panonica Foundation  |  Gaye T. Pigott  |  Rockefeller Brothers Fund  |  Rust Charitable Foundation  |  Schwab Charitable  |  Surdna Foundation  |  Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation  |  Lucien Simpfendoerfer  |  Eric Sorensen  |  Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust  |  Susan Crowne Exchange, Inc. |  Karen Tarnow  |  Maria Thomas |  The van Agtmael Family Charitable Fund  |  Marianne Victor  |  Walton Family Foundation  |  Wedner 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. 

The Arizona Community Foundation  |  Arnold Ventures  |  The Burton Family Foundation  |  California Community Foundation  |  Central Indiana Community Foundation  |  Cleveland Foundation  |  Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln  |  Community Foundation for Southern Arizona  |  Flinn Foundation  |  Grand Rapids Community Foundation  |  Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation  |  Helios Education Foundation  |  Hillman Family Foundations  |  Houston Endowment  |  The James Irvine Foundation  |  Emily Kaiser  |  George Kaiser Family Foundation  |  Kalamazoo Community Foundation  |  Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation  |  Lumina Foundation  |  Miami Foundation  |  Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust  |  Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust  |  W.K. Kellogg Foundation  |  Waco Foundation  |  Walton Family Foundation  |  Wichita Foundation 

Photo courtesy of our grantee partner City Bureau.