• by Ray Schultz , January 28, 2025

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is awarding more than $6 million in grants to support climate journalism in the U.S. 

The grants are a result of a collaboration between MacArthur’s Climate Solutions, Journalism and Media, and Local News programs.

The Foundation is awarding $500,000 general operating and flexible support grants to:  

• Fractured Atlas to support reporting by "Drilled" 
• Floodlight for its general operations and investigative journalism 
• Grist for its general operations and reporting on climate solutions 
• High Country News to support its general operations, including reporting on environmental across the Western United States
• Inside Climate News to drive its general operations, including reporting, investigations, and analysis about the climate crisis
• The Michigan Environmental Council to support Planet Detroit
• The Society of Environmental journalists

In addition, there are numerous $300,000 and $400,000 grants. 

The Foundation says it is making these one-time strategic grants as it prepares to wind down from a decade of grant-making in climate solutions.  

“One of the most important stories of our time centers on both the existential crisis climate change poses to humanity and the positive health benefits and economic opportunities inherent in the clean energy transition,” says John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation. 

Palfrey adds, “We need more independent journalism focused on climate and clean energy issues, a more diverse field of reporters covering the story from communities most impacted by climate change, and more cross-newsroom collaborations to reach wider audiences and leverage shared resources.”