FOIA Legal Fund
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Purpose: Dedicated to providing support for necessary legal action to enforce the public's right to know through access to government records and meetings.
Focus Areas:
- Initial costs of drafting, filing, and serving a lawsuit
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) enforcement
- Open government and free speech issues
Geographic Scope: United States (based on funder location)
Contact Information:
- Primary Contact: Dean Ridings, America's Newspapers CEO
- Email: dridings@newspapers.org
Background: Part of America's Newspapers Foundation's commitment to protecting newspapers and freedom of the press, including First Amendment protection and open government advocacy.
What America's Newspapers Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 1
- Total given
- $250K
- Median grant
- $250K
- By dollars: Florida 100%. Top recipient cities: Tallahassee, FL.
Example grants
America's Newspapers · Tallahassee, FL
1) supporting programming, training, and education at its conferences, events and…
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Human rights
- Journalism
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