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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136021439Est. 1960-07

DOW JONES NEWS FUND INC

PRINCETON, NJ 08543

Total Assets

$450K

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$129K

FY 2024

Grants Made

15

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$9K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$412K

College intern training, placement and support program - 87 college students were selected out of hundreds of applicants to participate in on-site training events organized by the organization and placed in internships with news organization across the country. The organization also covered travel costs and provided financial assistance to interns during their internships.

Program 2

$74K

College student scholarships - the organization provided 1,500 scholarships to eligible college students who participated in the internship program.

Program 3

$68K

Early career training program - nominated staff members with less than three years of newsroom experience working for participating newsrooms were selected to participate online training once a week for four weeks, and travel to two-day in-person sessions at the beginning and end of the program. The organization covered training and lodging costs; newsrooms paid travel costs.

Program 4

$50K

High school summer journalism workshops - the organization provided funding to 10 educational institutions to host summer journalism workshops for high school students. They also awarded 1,500 scholarships to several high school students who won a writing competition.

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$611K

Total Expenses

$640K

Qualifying Distributions

$640K

Min. Investment Return

$11K

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $328K in 2018. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

176 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
$73K
3 grants
THE KINGS COLLEGE
$61K
1 grant
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$55K
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
$43K
3 grants
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
$37K
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
$33K
1 grant
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
$30K
1 grant
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$26K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

172 grants

<$10K
156
grants
$10–50K
12
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

34 states

New Jersey
$291K
27% of total
New York
$165K
15% of total
Texas
$124K
11% of total
Arizona
$103K
10% of total
Missouri
$65K
6% of total
Florida
$61K
6% of total
Pennsylvania
$42K
4% of total
Kentucky
$36K
3% of total
California
$29K
3% of total
Minnesota
$23K
2% of total

+24 more states

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