Democracy Fund and First Look Media Announce Over $12 Million Worth of Grants to News Organizations

The Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica get $3 million apiece

The Democracy Fund and First Look Media, two organizations founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, have joined forces to jointly award almost $10 million in grants to news organizations, while individually providing additional grants bringing the total for all announced grants to over $12 million.

Of the joint grants, three nonprofit organizations, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity, and ProPublica will each receive two-year, $3 million grants. The Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting are both prior recipients of Democracy Fund grants, while ProPublica is a first-time recipient.

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