The National Association of Black Journalists supports their members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities. They also hold the media accountable for recruitment and retention of black journalists as well as their portrayals of the black community through media narratives.

To build organizational capacity to continue Asian Americans Journalists Association’s support of members through trainings, networking, and scholarship opportunities, while partnering with media to ensure responsible and diverse coverage of AAPI communities.

Through professional development services and scholarships, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) works to diversify mainstream newsrooms, so they better represent the communities they serve. NAHJ also advocates for the accurate representation of Latinos/Hispanic in news.

The People’s Parity Project is a nationwide network of law students and new attorneys organizing to unrig the legal system and build a justice system that values people over profits.

The Democracy SOS Fellowship will provide training and resources to journalists in order to build a practice of more engagement, trust, and equity in civics, elections, and political reporting.

International Women’s Media Foundation’s Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund offers stipends to women-identifying Black journalists facing financial hardship to access critical mental health services.

Press On is a Southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of movement journalism.

Strengthen the democracy reform field through improvements to the Foundation Center’s democracy mapping tool in order to foster more effective strategic collaboration and decision making in the field.

The American Political Science Association (APSA) will host a public service fellow from May 1, 2019 – October 31, 2020 to conduct research in  service of the U.S. Congress. With this fellowship, APSA enhances public understanding of policymaking and improves the quality of scholarship, teaching and reporting on American national politics.

This grant supports impact campaign activities for And She Could Be Next, a documentary series celebrating women of color in leadership. The campaign aims to inspire and encourage the participation of young, more diverse, and politically skeptical American audiences in civic and democratic life.

PEN America defends press freedom and fosters local journalism. Their work includes events, organizing, and outreach with local communities, organizers and journalists to expand grassroots support for the role of the press in American democracy and the rights of all people under the First Amendment.

The Faith & Politics Institute will explore the development of a network of faith leaders to promote civil discourse.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law project on COVID-19 accountability uses public education and litigation to address racial disparities in the government’s public health and economic recovery response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The matching grant with the Hewlett Foundation will allow Millennial Action Project to build on work this year to increase civil dialog and strengthen its own organization through collaborations with like-minded organizations while focusing on a key strategic constituency identified in our emerging map — younger Americans.

The purpose of this grant is to fund the construction of an e-learning course focused on educating journalists on the legal issues related to libel and defamation, in an effort to mitigate risk and help reduce the likelihood of legal incidents. The training will cover multiple parts of the newsgathering and dissemination process, as well as what to do should one encounter an incident or claim.

CIRCLE will lead a process engaging multiple experts that will develop an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the news literacy and associated fields. Subsequently they will propose and prototype an approach to building new networks between newsrooms, news literacy and youth civic engagement.

Vet Voice Foundation empowers veterans and military families to have a voice in our democracy by providing them with the support, training, and tools to shape policy and impact outcomes in their communities.

The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) believes that asylum seekers can make great change by standing together. They provide their membership of asylum seekers with legal and community support.

The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion (WashingTECH) convenes diverse technology public policy professionals to defend America’s rich diversity with programs that promote an inclusive narrative about technology’s impact on society.

City Bureau NFP works with a part-time coordinator to support an informal collective of community news partners to develop a theory of change, definitions, public communication, future convenings and other structures to realize their shared vision for the future of local media.