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Marshall Project

New York, New York
  • Grants
    4
  • Total Awarded
    $5,950,000
  • Years
    2014 - 2021
  • Categories
    Criminal Justice

Grants

2021 (3 years)
$1,950,000

The Marshall Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news organization, launched with Foundation support in 2014, with the aim of filling a void left by the decline of traditional print journalism, by providing comprehensive coverage of America’s criminal justice system. This award provides unrestricted operating funds to enable the Marshall Project to continue to serve as a trusted, influential, and award-winning source of independent journalism, highlighting the need for criminal justice reform, expanding its already large online presence and numerous co-publishing partnerships while reaching new audiences, engaging in more and deeper investigative reporting, and expanding its role as the nonpartisan host of a diverse array of voices and commentary. Through its ongoing coverage of local criminal justice issues, including the misuse and overuse of jails, the Marshall Project’s work will help to increase public awareness of the problem and build national demand for a more balanced approach to crime control that uses incarceration only where necessary, and as part of a flexible range of effective alternatives.

2019 (2 years)
$1,300,000

The Marshall Project is a non-profit online news organization providing comprehensive coverage of America’s criminal justice system, launched in 2014 with the mission of raising the profile of criminal justice issues and fostering a sense of national urgency that leads to meaningful criminal justice reform. This award provides unrestricted operating funds to enable the Marshall Project to continue building its audience, engaging in more and deeper investigative reporting, reaching new audiences through visual storytelling, and hosting a diverse array of voices and commentary. Through its continuing coverage of local criminal justice issues, including the misuse and overuse of jails, the Marshall Project’s work will help to increase public awareness of the problem and build national demand for a more balanced approach to crime control that uses incarceration only where necessary, and as part of a flexible range of effective alternatives.

2016 (3 years)
$1,950,000

The Marshall Project is a non-profit online news organization providing comprehensive coverage of America’s criminal justice system, launched in 2014 with the mission of raising the profile of criminal justice issues and fostering a sense of national urgency that leads to meaningful criminal justice reform. This award provides unrestricted operating funds to enable the Marshall Project to continue building its audience, engaging in more and deeper investigative reporting, reaching new audiences through visual storytelling, and hosting a diverse array of voices and commentary. Through its continuing coverage of local criminal justice issues, including the misuse and overuse of jails, the Marshall Project’s work will help to increase public awareness of the problem and build national demand for a more balanced approach to crime control that uses incarceration only where necessary, and as part of a flexible range of effective alternatives.

2014 (2 years)
$750,000

The Marshall Project is a non-profit, online news organization that is being formed to provide comprehensive coverage of America’s criminal justice system--exposing the system’s failings, inefficiencies, and injustices, and drawing attention to those who are struggling to make it better--and to provide a forum for disclosure and debate and raise the public’s sense of urgency about the need for criminal justice reform. This grant provides unrestricted operating funds to help launch the venture.