Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
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About Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation concentrates its giving on U.S. civic and democratic engagement, directing significant funding through an intermediary to support voter outreach, election integrity, and civic education initiatives. All recorded grants were made to New Venture Fund to back specific projects such as a Voter Engagement Fund, Trusted Elections Fund, and an ISRC education fund, indicating a strategic, project-focused approach to strengthening democratic processes rather than direct service grants to grassroots groups.
Focus Areas
Voter engagement and turnout initiativesElection integrity and trusted elections programsCivic education and public information projects delivered via fiscal sponsors
Who They Fund
local and national newsrooms / journalistsdocumentary filmmakers and film projectsmedia arts organizations and cultural institutionsBlack press and archival custodiansvoters / civic organizations focused on voter access
About Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation’s recent giving is defined by large, project-based support for democracy, journalism, and documentary film, often routed through fiscal sponsors and field-building organizations. A $1.3 million package to New Venture Fund in 2023 covered a Voter Engagement Fund, an ISRC education fund, and a Trusted Elections Fund, showing how the foundation uses intermediary vehicles to target specific civic goals. That pattern continued in 2025 with another $1 million to New Venture Fund for the Trusted Elections Fund, alongside $500,000 to the Campaign Legal Center for protecting voter access and $500,000 to the Voter Registration Project. Beyond elections work, the foundation backs investigative reporting and documentary infrastructure. It gave $551,500 to Howard University for digitization of the Black Press Archive and $600,000 to Foundation for National Progress for general charitable and educational activities. Documentary and journalism-related grants also appear in support for organizations such as the International Documentary Association, The Marshall Project, ProPublica, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. The mix shows a funder focused on social justice through media, archives, and democratic participation rather than direct service delivery.
What Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Funds
In democracy work, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation used fiscal sponsors and advocacy groups to fund specific election-related projects. It gave $500,000 to Hopewell Fund for the Free Election Fund and $500,000 to Voter Registration Project for general charitable activities, and it also supported Campaign Legal Center with $500,000 for protecting voter access. Its journalism portfolio includes both operating support and issue-specific reporting. The foundation gave $334,000 to The Marshall Project and $329,000 to ProPublica for a full-time beat investigating risks to democracy. For documentary film, the foundation supported field infrastructure as well as production. It gave $400,000 to International Documentary Association for Elevate Grants and the Getting Real conference over three years, and $300,000 to Frontline for three democracy films. In arts and cultural preservation, it funded Black press archiving and digital storytelling, including $551,500 to Howard University for digitization of the Black Press Archive and $350,000 to the University of Chicago for the Digital Storytelling and Blues Initiative.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.1M
Total Assets
$91.6M
Total Revenue
$31M
Total Expenses
$12.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $29K and $250K, with a median of $110K.
25th Percentile
$29K
Median
$110K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
National17 states funded
Funding intensity
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