Tag: MacArthur Foundation
World Channel pursues role as early-stage co-producer of independent films
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.MacArthur grant supports reporting, audience engagement at Chicago Public Media
The grant is part of a larger initiative to “strengthen inclusive journalism” in the city.Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee win $100M MacArthur grant
The nonprofits partnered to win a five-year grant to educate children displaced by conflict in the Middle East.News Match kicks off with $3 million for nonprofit newsrooms
The Democracy Fund, the Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation are collaborating to match contributions to nonprofit news organizations through the end ...Sesame Workshop advances in $100M MacArthur Foundation competition
In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame is among four organizations that advanced in the competition to address a big, complex ...Pubmedia consortia win MacArthur grants for diversity in documentaries
The National Black Programming Consortium receives $750,000 to launch a new initiative.With MacArthur grant, Channel X enters next stage of build-out
The general operating funds will help Channel X market and invest in the platform, which allows independent producers and public media stations ...Media Impact Funders receives its largest grant ever
A two-year, $500,000 matching grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies supports an expansion of MIF's programming and services for foundations that invest in ...Foundation’s gift will boost global network of female journalists
The Global Press Institute received $1.25 million from the MacArthur Foundation, its largest grant in its 10-year history.MacArthur’s $25M to nonprofit journalism outlets includes NPR, ‘Frontline’
“This is our enduring commitment to work that is deep, fair and compelling.”MacArthur-backed nonprofit aims to create “new ecosystem” for teen education
LRNG is a new platform designed to help close the achievement gap for children ages 13 and up.For doc funders, broadcast on public TV remains key
Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.Firelight Media receives MacArthur grant for reserves, innovation fund
Firelight Media, based in New York, gets $500,000 to expand its reserves and establish an innovation fund to experiment with digital storytelling ...ProPublica receives $1M grant from MacArthur Foundation
The New York–based outlet will add the money to its reserve fund, bringing it to more than $4.5 million.MacArthur Foundation grants $2 million to documentary projects
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today $2 million in new grants to 18 documentary film projects, including some ...
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