Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

Since the REJ Fund’s inception in 2020, it has moved over $24 million to media makers and strategists at the forefront of narrative change. These investments have expanded local reporting on issues shaping our communities and movements, built networks of journalists and cultural strategists resisting disinformation, and elevated stories that influence policy, shift culture, and strengthen democracy.

The REJ Fund prioritizes funding for news outlets, narrative strategists, cultural producers, and organizations building narrative power and resisting disinformation, and who are:

• Serving communities of color, particularly those without alternative sources of information in geographies outside of major media markets.
• Trusted by their communities with a depth and length of commitment to community engagement and original content that strengthens the civic discourse and promotes civic participation.
• Reaching people of color with original content and/or programming that strengthens civic discourse/participation.
• For news organizations: providing timely, accurate and relevant news to communities who are most underserved including communities of color, low-income communities, rural areas, and immigrant populations,
• For field-building organizations: in relationship with communities who are most underserved including communities of color, low-income communities, rural areas, and immigrant populations,

To learn more about the REJ Fund grantee cohort, click here.

Application Information

The Request for Proposals (RFP) process for this fund is currently closed. For more information on eligibility for future rounds of grantmaking, you can review our guidelines. To stay up to date on future funding opportunities, please sign up for our newsletter.