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Grantmaking public charityEIN 364427750

LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION

LAKE CITY, MI 49651

Total Assets

$6.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.9M

FY 2024

Grants Made

44

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$66K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$1.3M

Local news fund - supports journalism projects in communities accross the country focused on important issues such as education, poverty, health, and more. Several dozen local and national media companies are clients.

Program 2

$802K

Knight x lma bloomlab - one of several labs focused on driving sustainability for local news publishers.

Program 3

$1.9M

Economic mobility voices, family & independent media sustainability lab, lab for journalism, newsfuel, news is out, ny/ mi solutions journalism collaborative, oklahoma media center, solving sacramento.

Focus Areas

Human Services

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$9.4M

Total Expenses

$6.6M

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $2.9M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

109 grants

THE COLUMBIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
$753K
2 grants
WORD IN BLACK PBC
$350K
1 grant
COLUMBIAN
$343K
1 grant
AFRO AMERICAN CO BALTIMORE CITY
$274K
3 grants
HOUSTON DEFENDER NEWSPAPER INC
$266K
3 grants
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER
$264K
3 grants
AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY DBA ST LOUIS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
$228K
3 grants
AMNEWS CORPDBA NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS
$220K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

109 grants

<$10K
15
grants
$10–50K
46
grants
$50–250K
44
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

24 states

New York
$1.3M
20% of total
District of Columbia
$836K
12% of total
Texas
$648K
10% of total
Washington
$638K
9% of total
California
$551K
8% of total
Michigan
$485K
7% of total
Maryland
$383K
6% of total
Oklahoma
$315K
5% of total
Georgia
$296K
4% of total
Illinois
$234K
3% of total

+14 more states

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