The Good Information Foundation concentrates funding on independent journalism and civic information initiatives, with a strong emphasis on sustaining a single flagship news outlet and supporting organizations that promote public democracy and nonprofit capacity. Their grants suggest a focus on improving public information ecosystems and strengthening intermediary organizations that amplify civic engagement and impact.
The Good Information Foundation’s largest recent grant went to Lexington Observer, a $500,000 award in 2025 that signals its commitment to sustaining independent journalism. The foundation also backed Public Democracy America with a $120,000 grant in 2025, alongside repeated support in 2024, showing a pattern of maintaining organizations that work in civic information and public democracy. A third 2025 grant of $75,000 to Social Impact Fund adds a nonprofit intermediary dimension to the portfolio. Across the recent grants, the foundation’s giving points to three linked priorities: newsroom support, public-facing civic information work, and organizations that can help move funding or programming through the social sector. The recipient mix suggests it favors operational support and sustained relationships over one-off awards. Its annual grants total $802,000 against assets of $2,289,524, placing the recent awards in a meaningful share of the foundation’s overall activity. The pattern is centered on U.S. recipients and on groups working at the intersection of journalism, public information, and civic engagement.
Independent journalism is the clearest theme in the recent grants, anchored by $500,000 to Lexington Observer in 2025. That award places newsroom support at the center of the foundation’s giving. Civic information and public democracy work also appear repeatedly. Public Democracy America received $120,000 in 2025, and it also appears several times in 2024 with additional grants of $10,000 and $7,000. The foundation also funded intermediary capacity through $50,000 to Global Impact in 2024. That grant fits a broader pattern of supporting organizations that can extend or organize social-sector activity rather than only direct service providers. A separate 2025 grant of $75,000 to Social Impact Fund reinforces that mix of information, civic, and capacity-building priorities.
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. That points to a base pattern of standardized awards, even though the recent list also includes larger grants at $50,000, $75,000, $120,000, and $500,000. The grant record shows repeated support to Public Democracy America across 2024, indicating an ongoing relationship rather than a single award. The foundation is a public charity, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No application process is listed in the provided data.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Concentrated giving: one very large, one-off or multi-year anchor grant dominates the portfolio, supplemented by repeat mid-sized grants to a core civic democracy partner and smaller strategic grants to capacity-building intermediaries.
Notable grantees: Lexington Observer, Public Democracy America, Social Impact Fund, Global Impact
Giving is regional and entirely U.S.-based in the recent sample. Virginia is the top state by grant count, driven by multiple awards to Great Falls and Alexandria recipients. Massachusetts appears through Lexington, and California through Los Angeles. New York appears as the headquarters state, but none of the recent grants in the sample went to New York recipients.
Its recent grants center on independent journalism, civic information, and public democracy work. The largest award in the sample was $500,000 to Lexington Observer in 2025, and repeated support to Public Democracy America shows continuing interest in civic information initiatives.
The grant-size distribution is tightly centered at $10,000: p25 is $10,000, the median is $10,000, and p75 is $10,000. The recent sample also includes larger awards of $50,000, $75,000, $120,000, and $500,000.
Yes. Public Democracy America appears multiple times in the recent grants list, including a $120,000 grant in 2025 and several additional grants in 2024 at $10,000 and $7,000. That pattern suggests recurring support.
The top state by grant count is Virginia. Recent recipients there include Great Falls and Alexandria organizations, while the sample also includes recipients in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Los Angeles, California.
The recent record includes a newsroom, a civic-democracy organization, and a social-impact intermediary: Lexington Observer, Public Democracy America, Social Impact Fund, and Global Impact. That mix matches the foundation’s focus on journalism, public information, and nonprofit capacity.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEXINGTON OBSERVER | LEXINGTON, MA | $400,000 | 2026 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $30,000 | 2026 | — |
| LEXINGTON OBSERVER | LEXINGTON, MA | $500,000 | 2025 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $120,000 | 2025 | — |
| SOCIAL IMPACT FUND | LOS ANGELES, CA | $75,000 | 2025 | — |
| GLOBAL IMPACT | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $50,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA | GREAT FALLS, VA | $7,000 | 2024 | — |