Inside Climate News has received two new major grants this fall—one from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the other from the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation, both to be used over the next three years.
The MacArthur Foundation’s Climate Solutions program awarded ICN a $500,000 unrestricted grant. The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation enlarged its support for ICN with a $225,000 grant, which will be used to support the news organization’s Texas bureau and watchdog reporting of environmental pollution and regulation across the state.
“The timing of these grants has turned out to be opportune, given the expected rollback of federal environmental policy in the coming years and the need to expand our work,” said David Sassoon, ICN’s founder and publisher. “This funding is a great show of support for environmental journalism and underscores the urgency, now more than ever before, to keep Americans aware of the costs and consequences of the accelerating climate crisis, intertwined with biodiversity loss and toxic and plastic pollution.”
Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is the oldest dedicated climate and environment newsroom in the nation. Nonprofit and non-partisan, ICN publishes essential reporting, investigation and analysis about the biggest crisis facing the planet. A watchdog of government, industry and advocates, ICN holds them accountable for their policies and actions by countering misinformation, exposing environmental injustice and scrutinizing solutions.
ICN has earned many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize. It is a 501(c)3 public charity that makes its work available without a paywall to ensure that anyone can read it, wherever they are. ICN also works closely with media partners through ICN Local, sharing stories and combining resources to strengthen local environmental journalism and improve public understanding of science, health and the environment in communities across the nation. For more on ICN, visit its About page.
About the MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation boldly invests in creative solutions to urgent challenges, sparking hope for our future. The Foundation works on a few big bets that strive toward transformative change in areas of profound concern, including the existential threats of climate change and nuclear risk, the challenges of criminal justice reform and revitalizing local news in the US and corruption in Nigeria.
About the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation
The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation is a private philanthropic grantmaking foundation that supports those working boldly toward a healthy environment, reproductive justice and the nurture of nature. The Foundation primarily supports work in Texas, with an emphasis on the greater Houston and Austin regions.
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