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In the Media

"With Trump in Office, Newspapers Increasingly Quoted Anti-Immigrant Groups Without Explaining Who They Were"
The Intercept
Related Grantee: Define American, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Comparative Media Studies, Center for Civic Media
"From "Keep Out" to "Please Come in." Opening Up Grants Processes Leads to More Equity"
Inside Philanthropy
Related Grantee: Field Foundation of Illinois
"The Markup, a Tech News Site, Reinstalls Its Fired Editor as Part of a Fresh Start"
The New York Times
Related Grantee: NEO Philanthropy
"BlackStar: How a Film Festival for People of Color Became ‘the Black Sundance’"
IndieWire
Related Grantee: BlackStar Film Festival
"The Space for Change"
Documentary Magazine
Related Grantee: Kartemquin Films, Participant Media, Beverly Hills, Youth FX
"Governments Are Deploying Spyware on Killers, Drug Lords – And Journalists"
The Globe and Mail
Related Grantee: University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs
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Representative Grants
Voto Latino
Washington, D.C. 2019
$ 900,000 in support of general operations.
Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, New York 2019
$ 400,000 in support of general operations.
Institute for Nonprofit News
Los Angeles, California 2019
$ 600,000 in support of general operations.
Define American
Louisville, Kentucky 2019
$ 750,000 in support of general operations.
BlackStar Film Festival
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2019
$ 150,000 in support of general operations.
Sundance Institute
Los Angeles, California 2019
$ 2,050,000 in support of the Sundance Institute Nonfiction Storytelling project.
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Staff
Valerie Chang, Managing Director, Programs
Valerie Chang
Managing Director, Programs
Kathy K. Im, Director
Kathy K. Im
Director
Elsa Leon, Grants Manager
Elsa Leon
Grants Manager
Jennifer Humke, Senior Program Officer
Jennifer Humke
Senior Program Officer
Lauren Pabst, Senior Program Officer
Lauren Pabst
Senior Program Officer
Beth Basta, Administrator
Beth Basta
Administrator
Media Contact
Jennifer Martinez-Roth, Communications Officer
Jennifer Martinez-Roth
Communications Officer
Evaluation Contact
Joanna Cohen, Senior Evaluation Officer
Joanna Cohen
Senior Evaluation Officer
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