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The Foundation's Journalism Program supports nonprofit organizations and educational institutions conducting programs that contribute to the program's areas of interest. With an annual budget of approximately $6 million, the program makes grants ranging in size from $10,000 to $200,000. Only a handful of grantees, with whom the McCormick Foundation has formed longstanding partnerships, receive more than $300,000 per year from the Foundation. Most grants are for either one-or three-year periods.

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American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Inc., Reston, VA
http://www.asne.org
$250,000
For general support and organizational capacity building
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, CA
www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org
$75,000
For investigative reporting on carbon cap-and-trade markets
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Center for Media and Security Ltd., Millwood, NY
www.cmsdwg.org
$200,000
For general support
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Citizen Advocacy Center, Elmhurst, IL
www.citizenadvocacycenter.org
$34,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute for Midwest journalists on the topic of redistricting
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL
www.chicagoreporter.com
$75,000
For The Chicago Reporter
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Hedgesville, WV
www.casw.org
$15,000
For travel fellowships to the New Horizons in Science annual briefing and digital media upgrades
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2010


Florida International University Foundation Inc., Miami, FL
www.jmc.fiu.edu
$30,000
For the South Florida News Service
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Institute for Justice and Journalism, Oakland, CA
www.justicejournalism.org
$60,000
For a two-part conference on coverage of urban environmental justice
Effective: 4/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Madison, WI
www.ijnr.org
$35,000
For an "expedition-style" program on energy issues
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


International Center for Journalists, Inc., Washington, DC
www.icfj.org
$217,000
For a two-year training program for community Spanish-language radio stations
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Columbia, MO
www.ire.org
$40,000
For the Community Partnership Pilot Program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Columbia, MO
www.ire.org
$100,000
For investigative reporting workshops for ethnic media outlets
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


Kansas State University Foundation, Manhattan, KS
www.found.ksu.edu
$48,000
For a 2010 conference on Community Readiness Communications
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, IL
www.medill.northwestern.edu
$1,355,000
For the creation of an initiative on national security and the media
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2011


One Economy Corporation, Chicago, IL
www.one-economy.com
$50,000
For the Digital Connectors Civic Journalism Project
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
www.rfcuny.org
$155,000
For support of a New Business Models for News initiative
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


TCC Group, New York, NY
www.tccgrp.com
$400,000
For the Challenge Fund for Journalism
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC
www.publicintegrity.org
$40,000
For a cooperative consortium of non-profit investigative journalism organizations
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC
www.publicintegrity.org
$75,000
For a coooperative consortium of non-profit investigative journalism organizations
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


The Harvard Crimson, Inc., Cambridge, MA

$10,000
For continued support of the Crimson staff training program and the director of public service position
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


The Ohio State University Foundation, Columbus, OH
www1.rf.ohio-state.edu/
$50,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on emerging energy issues
Effective: 3/1/2009 - 2/28/2010


The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
www.poynter.org
$50,000
For a 2010 McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and for the development of a resource module on Poynter's e-learning platform News University
Effective: 8/1/2010 - 7/31/2011


The Trustees of Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu
$75,000
For a Nonprofit and Philanthropy Reporting Program
Effective: 10/1/2008 - 12/31/2010


University of Georgia Foundation, Athens, GA
www.uga.edu/academics/grady.html
$50,000
For continued support to refine and carry out the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communications
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
www.umich.edu
$47,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Census 2010
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
www.utk.edu
$48,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on the future of nuclear energy
Effective: 3/1/2009 - 2/28/2010


Washington State University Foundation, Pullman, WA
http://communication.wsu.edu/virtualjournalism
$45,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Reporting on Virtual Spaces
Effective: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2010


Yale University, New Haven, CT
http://environment.yale.edu/climate
$30,000
For training of broadcast meteorologists in coverage of climate change
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


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Academy for Educational Development, New York, NY
www.aed.org
$41,500
For three editions of the Youth Media Reporter on news literacy, technology and funding
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


American University, Washington, DC
www.newmediawomen.org
$200,000
For continued support of the New Media Women Entrepreneurs' initiative
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Asian American Journalists Association, San Francisco, CA
www.aaja.org
$200,000
For the Executive Leadership Program and a 15th anniversary Media Demonstration Project
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Beyondmedia Education, Chicago, IL
www.beyondmedia.org
$30,000
For support of the Girls! Action! Media! program
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Beyondmedia Education, Chicago, IL
www.beyondmedia.org
$15,000
For bridge support of the Girls! Action! Media! program
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


California Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, Sacramento, CA
www.cnpa.com
$50,000
For support of the California Scholastic Journalism Initiative to train high school teachers and students in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, IL
www.cct.org
$25,000
For a citywide survey on the state of information health in Chicagoland
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Chicago Horticultural Society/Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
www.chicagobotanic.org
$10,000
For a citywide high school environmental reporting conference.
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011


Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.colum.edu
$250,000
For continued support of Columbia Links
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.iam.colum.edu
$25,000
For the 3G Summit on Girls, Gaming and Gender
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Columbia University, New York, NY
www.journalism.columbia.edu
$45,000
For support of a military veterans' project
Effective: 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010


Community Media Workshop, Chicago, IL
http://www.newstips.org
$150,000
For support of the CMW media guide and an initiative involving Chicago-area ethnic media
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Community Technology Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA

$20,000
For support of a California-based Media Greenhouse initiative
Effective: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010


Community Television Network, Chicago, IL
www.ctvnetwork.org
$90,000
For "Hard Cover" journalism training
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Educational Video Center, New York, NY
www.evc.org
$50,000
For one year of support for documentary work with youth
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Free Spirit Media NFP, Chicago, IL
www.freespiritmedia.org
$200,000
For a broadcast journalism program at Chicago Public Schools
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Fund for the City of New York, Inc., New York, NY
www.fcny.org
$50,000
For the Radio Rootz journalism program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Global Action Project, New York, NY
www.global-action.org
$50,000
For support of the Urban Voices program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Illinois Press Foundation, Inc., Springfield, IL

$30,000
For support of High School Journalism Camp scholarships for Chicago students and high school adviser multimedia training workshops
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

$35,000
For a summer diversity sports journalism institute for inner city youth in Indianapolis and Chicago
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Jim Murray Memorial Foundation, La Quinta, CA
www.jimmurrayfoundation.com
$25,000
For Jim Murray Memorial Journalism Scholarships
Effective: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2012


KU Endowment Association, Lawrence, KS
www.journalism.ku.edu
$50,000
For continued support of a military-media education training program
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
appl003.lsu.edu/masscomm/mcweb.nsf/index
$24,500
For support of an ethnic media model program in Louisiana
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, St. Paul, MN
www.americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org
$75,000
for continued support of Public Insight Journalism
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation, Washington, DC
http://www.nabef.org/
$150,000
For broadcast diversity development programs and a college public service announcement contest
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Washington, DC
www.nahj.org
$100,000
For the Parity Project
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
$150,000
For RadioArte
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Northwestern University - Media Management Center, Evanston, IL
www.mediamanagementcenter.org
$275,000
For general support of the Media Management Center and administration of the McCormick Fellows program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Pacific News Service, San Francisco, CA
www.newamericamedia.org
$100,000
For partnerships between journalism schools and community media
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington, DC
www.pulitzercenter.org
$30,000
For the Global Gateway: Youth Media Chicago initiative
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA
www.rtndf.org/rtndf
$150,000
For Camp STN workshops and the News Literacy project
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA
www.rtndf.org/rtndf
$150,000
For support of a High School Teacher Television Camp and follow-up
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

$100,000
For a News Literacy high school and college curriculum
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
www.rfcuny.org
$50,000
For a New York City High School Journalism collaborative project
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
www.rfcuny.org
$35,000
For a New York City news literacy summit
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Oakland, CA
www.maynardije.org
$160,000
For the Media Academy, the Editing Program and Web operations
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$210,000
For a youth media technology fund
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$12,000
For student support of the creationof a website, published book and town hall about political reporting
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$100,000
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation High School Media Awards and scholastic press activities
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


School of Journalism Foundation of North Carolina Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
www.jomc.unc.edu
$50,000
For one year support of the "Community News in a Digital Age" rural news initiative
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Stony Brook Foundation Inc., Stony Brook, NY
http://www.stonybrook.edu/journalism/
$25,000
For support of a Multimedia Final Conference Report on news literacy
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 5/31/2010


Street-Level Youth Media, Chicago, IL
www.street-level.org
$120,000
For support of the Sounding Point program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


The Associated Press Managing Editors Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
www.apme.org
$75,000
For continued support of NewsTrain workshops
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
www.poynter.org
$40,000
For a News Literacy Project initiative in selected Chicago middle schools
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
www.poynter.org
$30,000
For expansion of the News Literacy Project's work in Chicago schools, pursuit of local partnerships and development of impact measurement techniques
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
www.poynter.org
$150,000
For support of a News Literacy Project program in Chicago Public Schools
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, CA
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/
$20,000
For general support of a media technology conference
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


True Star Foundation, Inc., Chicago, IL
www.truestarmagazine.com
$40,000
For support of youth media journalism training and publishing of True Star magazine
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc., McLean, VA
www.unityjournalists.org
$10,000
For help defraying costs of a diversity summit in Boston
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2010


University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
www.colorado.edu/journalism
$110,000
For the Resolving Door community journalism project
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


University of Georgia Foundation, Athens, GA
www.uga.edu/academics/grady.html
$25,000
For continued assessment of the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2009
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
www.knightnewmediacenter.org
$100,000
For expansion of the "Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now" series
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
www.knightnewmediacenter.org
$50,000
For a Media Leadership Conference
Effective: 3/1/2009 - 2/28/2010


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

$50,000
For support of Intersections, a South Los Angeles Reporting Project for youth
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Urban Media Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

$45,000
For support of after-school journalism workshops for at-risk youth in South Los Angeles
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Wayne State University -- Department of Journalism, Detroit, MI
www.comm.wayne.edu
$40,000
For continued support of an Ethnic Media initiative
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


We The People Media, Chicago, IL
www.wethepeoplemedia.org
$90,000
For the Urban Youth International Journalism Program
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
http://journalism.wvu.edu
$85,000
For a multimedia journalism education partnership project
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


WNYC Radio, New York, NY
www.wnyc.org
$50,000
For the Radio Rookies youth journalism program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Young Chicago Authors, Chicago, IL
www.youngchicagoauthors.org
$85,000
For youth media activities and a Youth Media Festival
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Youth Communications New York Center, Inc., New York, NY
www.youthcomm.org
$50,000
For New York Youth Communication's journalism program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Youth News Service L.A. Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
www.layouth.com
$50,000
For support of the Youth Media Los Angeles Collaborative and the creation of an online database of scholastic and student journalism programs
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Youth News Service L.A. Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
www.layouth.com
$140,000
For youth journalism training and publication of LA Youth
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


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Better Government Association, Chicago, IL
www.bettergov.org
$45,000
For development of a Government Accountability web site
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Chicago Headline Club Foundation, Chicago, IL

$40,000
For a citywide survey on the state of transparency and reporter access
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc., New York, NY
www.cpj.org
$150,000
For support of the Americas program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


First Amendment Coalition, San Rafael, CA
www.cfac.org
$40,000
For a conference to train community media journalists on leveraging Freedom of Information (FOI) laws and online research tools
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Illinois First Amendment Center, Springfield, IL
www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.com
$100,000
For a youth First Amendment Program
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Kent State University, Kent, OH
http://www.jmc.kent.edu
$30,000
For support of a First Amendment, Civic Engagement and Student Free Press Experience Study
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa Inc., Miami, FL
www.sipiapa.org
$200,000
For continued support of the Chapultepec Project
Effective: 1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010


Society of Environmental Journalists, Jenkintown, PA
www.sej.org
$50,000
For continued support of the Freedom of Information Watchdog Project
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Student Press Law Center, Arlington, VA
www.splc.org
$130,000
For continued support of the McCormick Publications Fellowship
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011


The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA
www.rcfp.org
$250,000
For continued support of the McCormick Legal Fellowship
Effective: 8/1/2010 - 7/31/2012


The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA
www.rcfp.org
$250,000
For continued support of the McCormick Tribune Legal Fellowship
Effective: 8/1/2008 - 7/31/2010