Financials

Total FY22 revenue for the Nieman Foundation decreased approximately 6.6% from FY21. The main reasons for the decrease were an almost 80% decrease in current use gifts related to the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Journalism and a decrease of 91% in interest income.

Because Nieman had only three fellows from abroad in FY20, more interest income accrued on the unused balances for the restricted gift income applicable to the named fellowships for international fellows. Those balances were spent down in FY21, resulting in the lower interest income.

The value of our investments increased approximately 6.3% from FY21 to FY22; our balance sheet remains strong, with over $162,000,000 in long-term investments.

In FY21, Nieman received funding for the continuation of the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism; funding for the Abrams Fellowship concluded after FY21.

The Nieman Foundation is deeply grateful to the many individuals, foundations, journalism organizations and other groups that support our programs from year to year. These generous donors help fund Nieman Fellowships, publications, journalism events and awards, conferences and other special projects that help educate journalists on campus and around the world.  These gifts help advance Nieman’s long-term goals and mission to promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate individuals deemed specially qualified for the profession.

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Foundations and organizations that provided grants to support Nieman programs and fellowships:

The Abrams Foundation (general support for the foundation)

Christopher J. Georges Journalism Fund (annual Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism)

Martin Wise Goodman Trust (Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellowship for a Canadian journalist)

Estate of Walter Lippmann (general support for the foundation)

Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment (Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism and other watchdog projects)

Morris Endowment Fund (Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture, presented annually by an American foreign correspondent)

I.F. Stone Endowment Fund (I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence)

Taylor Family Award Fund (Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism)

Worth Bingham Memorial Fund (Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism)

The Abrams Foundation (support for the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism)

Christopher J. Georges Journalism Fund (annual Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism)

Martin Wise Goodman Trust (Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellowship for a Canadian journalist)

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (support for the Nieman Journalism Lab and the Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships)

Estate of Walter Lippmann (general support for the foundation)

Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment (Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism and other watchdog projects)

Morris Endowment Fund (Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture, presented annually by an American foreign correspondent)

I.F. Stone Endowment Fund (I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence)

Taylor Family Award Fund (Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism)

Turkish Philanthropy Funds (Robert L. Long Nieman Fellowship for Turkish Journalists)

Worth Bingham Memorial Fund (Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism)

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Nigeria

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Bangladesh

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Cambodia

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: one fellow with dual U.S./Colombian citizenship who reports from Mexico (support for the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowship)

The Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment: one fellow from the Ukraine and one from the United States (the Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism)

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from Turkey

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Hong Kong, and one fellow with dual U.S./Spanish citizenship

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Russia

The Louis Stark Endowment: one fellow from the United States (labor reporting fellowship)

The Carroll Binder and the Barry Bingham Jr. Endowments: one fellow from Ghana

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from China

The Martin Wise Goodman Trust: one fellow from Canada

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: one fellow from Colombia, one fellow from Venezuela, and one fellow from Brazil (support for the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowship)

The Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment: one fellow from Hong Kong and one from the Ireland (the Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism)

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from Ireland

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from China, and one fellow from India

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Denmark

The Louis Stark Endowment: one fellow from the United States (labor reporting fellowship)

The Abrams Foundation: two fellows from the United States (support for the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism)

The Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment: one fellow from India and one from the United States (the Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism)

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Nigeria and one fellow from the United States

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from France

The Louis Stark Endowment: one fellow from the United States (labor reporting fellowship)

Amy Levine Abrams
Jassim Ahmad (NF ’17) and Daniel Baer
Anonymous
Bill Barrow (NF ’22) and Michelle Krupa
Peter Behr, NF ’76
Thomas A. Blinkhorn, NF ’68
Christopher E. Bogan (NF ’82) and Mary Jo Barnett
Henry S. (NF ’69) and Monica P. Bradsher
Jonathan Blakely, NF ’12
Lolly Bowean, NF ’17
Jasmine Brown, NF ’20
Eugene Carlson, NF ’76
James Castello a 2021 Nieman Affiliate
Henry Chu (NF ’15) and James Baer
Ned (NF ’74) and Linda Cline
D’Vera Cohn, NF ’84
Paul Colford
Alfredo Corchado, NF ’09
Patricia Danaher, NF ’05
George de Lama, NF ’92
Matthew Dolan (NF ’20) and Michael Hammer
Herna Efendy
Kitty Eisele, NF ’15
Robert Frederick, NF ’21
James Geary (NF ’12) and Linda Hoetink
Robert (NF ’66) and Nancy Giles
David (NF ’02) and Connie Green
Gülsin Harman, NF ’20
Anita Harris, NF ’82
John Harwood, NF ’90
Michael Hill, NF ’81
Angie Drobnic Holan, NF ’23
Peter Jay, NF ’73
Carrie Johnson, NF ’20
Alex Jones, NF ’82 – In memory of James Thomson
Gerald Jordan, NF ’82 – In memory of the deceased members of class of 1982
Jana Juginovic, NF ’10
Caroline Kagan
Julia Keller, NF ’98
Chong-ae Lee, NF ’13
Nancy Lee, NF ’87
Lisa Lerer (NF ’18) and Marc Bleyer
Paul Lieberman, NF ’80
Albert Lindler, NF ’84
Ann Marie Lipinski (NF ’90) and Steve Kagan
Benjamin Malec
Ann E. Marimow, NF ’15
David Mazie, NF ’64
Walter Meek, NF ’67
Souad Mekhennet, NF ’13
Lindsay Miller, NF ’88
Morton A. Mintz, NF ’64
Steven Myers (NF ’19) and Rebecca Catalanello
Yoshiaki (NF ’19) and Yuri Nohara
Takashi Oshima, NF ’06
C.M. (NF ’85) and Monique Pride
Paul Salopek, NF ’12
Mary Beth Sheridan, NF ’13
Rachel Emma Silverman (NF ’14) and Alexander Robinson
Debra Adams Simmons, NF ’16
David Skok (NF ’12) and Alison Loat
Timothy Snyder
Jane Spencer, NF ’13
Judith Stoia, NF ’80
Akiko Sugaya (NF ’12) and Hiroshi Ishii
Josephine Thomas, NF ’71
Fredric Tulsky, NF ’89
Paolo Valentino, NF ’90
Kristen Wainwright
Walt Disney Company
David Welna (NF ’98) and Kathleen Wheaton
Edwin N. Williams, NF ’73
Wonbo Woo, NF ’16
Kazutami Yamazaki, NF ’90
YourCause, LLC

*NF = Nieman Fellow