Our Supporters

Leadership gifts are integral to NLP’s mission and provide the foundation support that makes our work possible.

• $1 Million+
  • Anonymous Donor
  • Anonymous Donors* (3)
  • Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation*
  • Melanie and Richard Lundquist*
• $500,000 – $999,999
  • Anonymous Donor*
  • OpenAI Foundation
  • The Hearthland Foundation*
• $250,000 – $499,999
  • Anonymous Donor*
  • Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation*
  • Huron Philanthropies
  • News Corp
• $100,000 – $249,999
  • Argosy Foundation 
  • Dow Jones Foundation 
  • Flora Family Foundation*
  • FThree Foundation* 
  • Henry Luce Foundation*
  • Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
  • Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund*
  • The Grable Foundation*
• $50,000 – $99,999
  • Anonymous Donor
  • Fore River Foundation
  • Healing Works Foundation*
  • Noble and Lorraine Hancock Family Fund 
  • The Merrill Family Foundation*
  • The Smart Family Fund
  • The Stone Family Foundation

The Visionary Circle is a thriving group of more than 100 philanthropic leaders ensuring future generations have the news literacy skills needed to navigate this complex and challenging information ecosystem.

• $25,000 – $49,999
  • Leslie Hill
  • Marilyn G. Harwell Fund of the Sarasota County Community Foundation 
  • Sandy Helton
  • Walt and Edie Mossberg 
  • The Heinz Endowments
• $10,000 – $24,999
  • Anonymous Donors (3)
  • Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation 
  • Martin Baron 
  • Davia L. Loren Charitable Fund
  • David Hiller Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation 
  • Eric and Simone Lang Foundation
  • Eva and Yoel Haller
  • Jeffrey and Louise Schrank Family Foundation
  • Jeri Johnson
  • Peter Kadzik
  • MRB Foundation
  • Musa and Tom Mayer Charitable Fund
  • New York Keller Family Fund
  • PB and K Family Foundation
  • Philip I. Kent Charitable Fund 
  • Politics and Prose
  • The Bailey, Huntington and Madison Brown Charitable Fund
  • The Herb Block Foundation
  • The New York Times 
  • The Whit and Angela Ayres Charitable Fund
  • The Wigwamgem Fund
  • William and Mary Sue Morrill Charitable Fund
  • Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr.
• $5,000 – $9,999
  • Anonymous Donors (4)
  • David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation
  • Linda Gamble
  • Jonathan Gold
  • Matea Gold, Jon Lenzner and Margaret Lenzner 
  • Hutton Family Foundation
  • Michael Kieschnick
  • Lewis-Camerota Family Foundation 
  • LLH/LHM Foundation
  • Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation 
  • Cindy McCaffrey
  • Mary A. McDonough
  • Abby Phillip
  • Martin Puryear
  • Russell-Einhorn Giving Fund
  • Silva/Weiss Family Foundation
  • The Bennett Family Foundation
  • The Michael and Laurel D’Antoni Charitable Fund
• $2,500 – $4,999
  • Anonymous Donors (4)
  • Geraldine Baum 
  • Carrie Denman
  • Jacqueline F. Epstein
  • Tucker and Lisa Eskew
  • Riley Griffin
  • Hawley Szollar Family Fund
  • J. Thomas and Janet Rajala Nelson Fund
  • Connor Koblinski
  • Steven Lee
  • Greg McCaffery
  • Meyer Curb Charitable Fund
  • Alan C. Miller and Katherine Newell Smith 
  • Sandra Nelson
  • Joshua L. Persechini
  • Tracie Potts
  • Sherri and Adam Symson
  • Strong Foundation of New York
  • The Cecil S. and Susan F. Salter Charitable Fund
• $1,000 – $2,499
  • Anonymous Donors (7)
  • Timothy Andrews
  • Jeanne and Norman Asher
  • Charlene Barshefsky and Ed Cohen
  • Judith A. Baumann
  • Michael and Debbie Bocian
  • Trevor Bond 
  • Dennis and Carla Bowman
  • Ellen Brandt
  • Kevin Brannon
  • Beth Burrell and David Sorensen
  • Linda and Kenneth Button
  • Linda Bytof
  • Patricia Carroll
  • Catherine and Alan Harper Charitable Fund
  • Stephanie Chaplin
  • David and Michele Lane Fund
  • Virginia Downes
  • Christy Gavitt 
  • Gluck Charitable Fund
  • Runa Hatti Gokhale
  • Norman and Jean Gold
  • Allan Goodman
  • Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
  • Griffin Family Fund 
  • Christie Hefner 
  • Leslie and Fritz Hoffecker 
  • Sharon Itaya 
  • James R. and Ann Marie Ward Charitable Fund 
  • Janet Goldstein and William Schulz Charitable Fund 
  • Scott Kallgren
  • Ronna A. and Robert F. Katz 
  • Allison and David Kreps
  • Peter Lamonica
  • Laurence Leive
  • Kate and Peter Manning
  • William McKenzie
  • Pamela Montgomery
  • Takuo R. Nishi
  • Eric and Susan Nitzberg
  • Anthony Oliveri
  • Liz Ramos
  • Charles Salter
  • Margaret Stern
  • Will and Suzanne Schutte
  • Roger and Mary Rue Smith 
  • The Michael Schilmoeller and Katie Larsell Charitable Fund
  • The Sunset Fund
  • The Sunshine Fund
  • The Timothy M. Andrews Foundation
  • Toretsky Charitable Giving Fund
  • Ted Towle
  • Tina Vandersteel and Matthew Cressotti 
  • Stan Watt
  • Amy Weiss
  • Roselyn Wilkinson
  • William Willen

• Byron and Kathryn Calame
• Christy Gavitt
• Edmund LeRoy Keeley‡
• Alan C. 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

• Cityside Journalism Initiative
• Civic News Company
• Hearst Corporation
• LAist
• Los Angeles Times
• Nasdaq
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The 19th
• The Associated Press
• The New York Times
• The New Yorker
• The Texas Tribune
• The Washington Post
• The Washington Times
• TikTok
• USA Today