Our supporters
Our work is powered by people who believe in the future of local news.
The work of the American Journalism Project is made possible by the generosity of our supporters. We’re grateful for their partnership in building a strong future for local news.
About 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. The list below includes supporters who have given $5,000 or more since our launch in 2019 — and with more than 1,200 funders to date, we’re grateful for every dollar donated.
Policies
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: advancement@theajp.org.
$10,000,000+
$5,000,000 – $9,999,999
$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
$200,000 to $999,999
The Aphorism Foundation | Citi | Simone Coxe | Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | The Eucalyptus Foundation | Flamboyan Foundation | Ford Foundation | Four Pines Charitable Foundation | William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | The Joseph Pedott Legacy Fund | Kaplen Brothers Fund | Henry Luce Foundation | Lumina Foundation | Marguerite Casey Foundation | More Perfect | The New York Times | The staff at The New York Times through its employee-giving campaign | Pilot House Philanthropy | Present Progressive Fund | The Schmidt Family Foundation | Erin and John Thornton | R. Ted Weschler | Natasha and Dirk Ziff
$5,000 to $199,999
Acton Family Giving | Bruce Aidells & Nancy Oakes | The Alderyn Fund | Allen & Company | Anonymous | Another Light Foundation | Howard M. Austin | BB Giving Fund | Pam & Larry Baer | Baskin Family Foundation | Harris A. Berman & Ruth E. Nemzoff Family Foundation | Jeff Blattner Fund | Bluebird Legacy | Eliot Brown | Cat’s Ear Account | A donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation | Charles Hazlehurst Moura Family Foundation | Chrysalis Fund | Clean Yield Asset Management | Ellen E. & Victor J. Cohn Supporting Foundation | David Conrad | CookedLemons Giving Fund | Cow Hollow Fund | Dana Devon and Neil Sand | Michael Dion | Dolnick Family Fund | Beth Dozoretz | Drance Family Charitable Fund | Kathleen D. Edwards, PhD | Egan Family Charitable Fund | Anna Ellison | Irving Elyanow | Erkiletian Family Foundation | The Jean E. Espenshade Charitable Fund | Ferguson-Spires Fund | Freedom Forum | Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation | Girl Reporter Fund | Good Words Foundation | Greenbridge Family Foundation | Elizabeth Heinsohn | David Howe | Inasmuch Foundation | Jampart Charitable Trust | Jewish Foundation of Memphis | Kyle Kerbawy | Kinney Family Fund | Kornblith-Elkin Fund | Katherine Kovner | Peter Kranwinkle | Gary D. Kurtz and Kathryn Judd Kurtz Donor Advised Fund | L and L Fund | Ladybug Foundation | Lakeside Foundation | Erik Larson and Christine Gleason | Gary Larson | Peter Lattman | Erica and Jeff Lawson | Laybel Family Foundation | The Listgarten Family Fund | Dr. Michelle and Mr. Daniel Lubetzky | Ben Lumpkin | Julia Maher | Laura and Scott Malkin | Victoria Martin | Caroline Mayer | McDougal Family Foundation | Membrino Family Fund | MERGEM Fund | Moccasin Lake Foundation | Miranda Family Fund | MKM Foundation | Joe Natoli | Nielsen Foundation | Jane Ottenberg and Richard Creighton | The Overbrook Foundation | The Panonica Foundation | The Pedersen Charitable Fund | Gaye T. Pigott | Martin Puryear | Rockefeller Brothers Fund | David and Lia Royle | Rust Charitable Foundation | Maury L. and Leslie Scallet Lieberman Charitable Fund | Schwab Charitable | Select Equity Group Foundation | Sixth Street | A.G. Sulzberger | The Sundback-Owens Charitable Fund | Sundermeyer Anderson Giving Fund | Surdna Foundation | Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation | Lucien Simpfendoerfer | Eric Sorensen | Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust | Karen Tarnow | Maria Thomas | Three Bluebirds | The van Agtmael Family Charitable Fund | Marianne Victor | Walton Family Foundation | Irving Washington | Wedner Family Foundation | Elizabeth Weitzman | Ann Williams | Anita Williams | Wyncote Foundation | Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Charitable Trust | Brian and Susie Zachman Charitable Fund
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 | Arthur Vining Davis Foundations | Barr Foundation | Boston Foundation | The Burton Family Foundation | California Community Foundation | Seth Cassell | Central Indiana Community Foundation | Cleveland Foundation | Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln | Community Foundation for Northeast Florida | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona | Community Foundation for Tampa Bay | Flinn Foundation | Grand Rapids Community Foundation | Greater Worcester Community Foundation | Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation | Helios Education Foundation | Hillman Family Foundations | Houston Endowment | The James Irvine Foundation | Jessie Ball duPont Fund | Emily Kaiser and Gene Bulmash Donor Advised Fund | George Kaiser Family Foundation | Kalamazoo Community Foundation | Ken O’Keefe | Key Biscayne Community Foundation | Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation | Lumina Foundation | Miami Foundation | More Perfect | Nellie Mae Education Foundation | Joe Natoli | Partnership for Miami | Pilot House Philanthropy | Press Forward | Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust | Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Waco Foundation | Walton Family Foundation | Wichita Foundation | Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation