Supporters
This is a list of supporters based on contributions we have received in the last 12 months. It is updated monthly and was last updated on July 15, 2025. Our generous supporters make our work possible. Learn how you can support our work. Thank you!
* denotes multi-year contributions recognized at the level of the total amount.
‡ indicates a donor is deceased.
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Pulitzers ($1M+)
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation*
- Melanie and Richard Lundquist*
Champions ($500,000 – $999,999)
Investors ($250,000 – $499,999)
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
Principals ($100,000 – $249,999)
- Argosy Foundation
- Dow Jones Foundation
- FThree Foundation*
- Henry Luce Foundation*
- Marilyn G. Harwell Fungible Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and Marilyn Harwell Opportunity Fund
- News Corp
- Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund*
- The Hearst Foundations
- The Hearthland Foundation
Publishers ($50,000 – $99,999)
- Fore River Foundation
- Noble and Lorraine Hancock Family Fund
- The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
- The Merrill Family Foundation*
- The Smart Family Fund
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Editors ($25,000 – $49,999)
- Annenberg Foundation
- D27 Foundation
- Sandy Helton
- Walt and Edie Mossberg
- Russell-Einhorn Giving Fund*
Producers ($10,000 – $24,999)
- Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation
- Martin Baron
- Crown Family Philanthropies
- David Hiller Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
- Eva and Yoel Haller
- Huron Philanthropies
- Marni J. Grossman Family Fund
- New York Keller Family Fund
- Maribel Pérez Wadsworth
- Abby Phillip
- Politics and Prose
- SmartNews
- John Matthew Sobrato
- The Bailey, Huntington and Madison Brown Charitable Fund
- The New York Times
- The Whit and Angela Ayres Charitable Fund
- Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr.
Mentors ($5,000 – $9,999)
- Cunningham Family Foundation
- Carrie Denman
- Linda Gamble and Mike Zisman
- Matea Gold, Jon Lenzner and Margaret Lenzner
- Hutton Family Foundation
- J. Thomas and Janet Rajala Nelson Fund
- Jeri Johnson
- Lewis-Camerota Family Foundation
- Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation
- Greg McCaffery
- Michael Torres Sharing Forward Fund
- Wendy Pollak
- Brad Stark
- Strong Foundation of New York
- The Michael and Laurel D'Antoni Charitable Fund
- The Wigwamgem Fund
- Tykeson Family Charitable Trust
- William and Mary Sue Morrill Charitable Fund
- Wolfen Family Foundation
Patrons ($2,500 – $4,999)
- Geraldine Baum
- Catherine and Alan Harper Charitable Fund
- Dale Cohen
- Tucker and Lisa Eskew
- Judy Weston Giving Fund
- Steven Lee
- Alan Miller and Katherine Newell Smith
- Pamela Montgomery
- Sandra Nelson
- Tracie Potts
- David Schleich
- Sherri and Adam Symson
- The Cecil S. and Susan F. Salter Charitable Fund
- The Gridiron Club and Foundation
Friends ($1,000 – $2,499)
- Andrew and Phaedra Seidel Family Charitable Fund
- Jeanne and Norman Asher
- Charlene Barshefsky and Ed Cohen
- Michael and Debbie Bocian
- Trevor Bond
- Dennis and Carla Bowman
- Brara Charitable Fund
- Linda and Kenneth Button
- Byron and Kathryn Calame
- Patricia Carroll
- Stephanie Chaplin
- Nicholas Diamand
- Christy Gavitt
- Jeremy Gluck
- Norman and Jean Gold
- Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
- Griffin Family Fund
- Christie Hefner
- Thomas Hestwood
- Leslie and Fritz Hoffecker
- Hoffman-Yingling Family Charitable Fund
- Sharon Itaya
- James R. and Ann Marie Ward Charitable Fund
- Janet Goldstein and William Schulz Charitable Fund
- Jeffrey and Louise Schrank Family Foundation
- Peter Kadzik and Amy Weiss
- Ronna A. and Robert F. Katz
- Allison and David Kreps
- Peter Lamonica
- Laurence Leive
- Rebecca Martin
- Cindy McCaffrey
- Mary A. McDonough
- Allison Morrow
- Philip I. Kent Charitable Fund
- Liz Ramos
- Rob and Sheri Rosenfeld
- Bob Rosenstock
- Peter and Mara Sagal
- Charles Salter
- Will and Suzanne Schutte
- Roger Smith and Mary Rue Smith
- Margaret Stern
- Margaret Steward Campbell
- The Daniels-Binstock Family Charitable Fund
- The Hyman Levine Family Foundation: L'Dor V'Dor
- Pierre Thomas and Alyson Westbrooks Thomas
- Ted Towle
- Tina Vandersteel and Matthew Cressotti
- Stan Watt
- Westholme Charitable Fund
- Roselyn Wilkinson
- William Willen
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- Byron and Kathryn Calame
- Christy Gavitt
- Edmund LeRoy Keeley‡
- Alan Miller and Katherine Newell Smith
- Sandra Nelson
- Charles Salter
- Alicia C. Shepard‡
- Silver Medallion Legacy Fund
- Virginia B. Stone‡
- The David and Katherine Moore Endowment
In-kind Giving
- Bangor Daily News
- Cityside Journalism Initiative
- Civic News Company
- Comcast NBCUniversal
- Detroit Free Press
- Hearst Corporation
- Los Angeles Times
- NPR
- Reno News and Review
- The 19th
- The Associated Press
- The Atlantic
- The New York Times
- The Texas Tribune
- USA Today