Founded in late 2019, Journalism Funding Partners (JFP) is a verified Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to increase the depth and diversity of local journalism by building and stewarding connections between funders and reporting, serving as a bridge and a leader in the growing realm of philanthropy-supported journalism.

The JFP Board of Directors is made up of 11 dedicated volunteers with extensive experience in journalism, education, law, nonprofits and philanthropy, and JFP currently engages in three core programs in service to its mission:

Enabling major gifts to local journalism – partnerships between funders and journalism organizations

Fundraising guidance and training for journalism professionals

Enabling broad community giving to local journalism

In all of its programs, JFP places an emphasis on developing remedies for the loss of minority staffers in local news landscapes. JFP also prioritizes coverage-topics that have been particularly reduced by the wholesale declines in local news, including: equity, economic mobility, education, health, housing, gun violence and the environment.

Journalism Funding Partners

Chips Quinn Program for Diversity in Journalism

Journalism Funding Partners