Financials

Total revenue for the Nieman Foundation in fiscal year 2024 increased approximately 11.6% from FY 2023.

The main reasons for the increase were:

The value of our investments increased approximately 4.4% from FY 2023 to FY 2024; our balance sheet remains strong, with over $165,000,000 in long-term investments.

We are grateful to the many individuals, foundations, journalism organizations and other groups that support our programs each year. These donors help fund the Nieman Foundation’s fellowships, publications, journalism 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.

Those who wish to make a gift to the Nieman Foundation may make a donation online or send a check to the Nieman Foundation. All correspondence should be mailed to:

To learn more about planned gifts and bequests, please visit Harvard University’s Planned Giving website.

Questions about making a planned gift or other contributions may be sent to niemandevelopment@harvard.edu.

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

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Austria

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Ghana 

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from South Korea 

The Martin Wise Goodman Trust: one fellow from Canada

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: one fellow with Panamanian roots and another from Colombia (support for the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowship) 

The Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment: two fellows from the United States (the Murrey Marder Nieman Fellowships in Watchdog Journalism)

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from South Africa

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Ukraine

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Russia

Schmidt Futures: one fellow from China (the Schmidt Futures Nieman Fellowship for China Coverage)

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

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 (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 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)

Olushola Bukola Adebayo (NF ’21) and Sewedo Nupowaku
Susie Banikarim, NF ’14
Martha Bebinger, NF ’10
Peter (NF ’76) and Marty Behr
Mariah Blake, NF ’16
Robert Blau (NF ’97) and Leah Eskin
Thomas A. Blinkhorn, NF ’68
Christopher E. Bogan (NF ’82)
Henry S. (NF ’69) and Monica P. Bradsher
The Roxanne and Henry Brandt Foundation
Helen Branswell, NF ’11
Jasmine Brown, NF ’20
Denise Schrier Cetta (NF ’24) and Michael Cetta
Charities Aid Foundation America
Henry Chu (NF ’15) and James Baer
Ned (NF ’74) and Linda Cline
Paul Colford
Selymar Colón,, NF ’20
Alfredo Corchado, NF ’09
George de Lama, NF ’92
Matthew Dolan, NF ’20
Kitty Eisele, NF ’15
Michael Fitzgerald, NF ’11
Robert Frederick (NF ’21) and Donna Scheidt
James Geary, NF ’12
Robert (NF ’66) and Nancy Giles
Ellen H. Goodman, NF ’74
E. William (NF ’99) and Karin Graves
Anita Harris, NF ’82
John Harwood, NF ’90
Karl Idsvoog, NF ’83
Carrie Johnson, NF ’20
Alex Jones, NF ’82 – In memory of former Nieman curator James Thomson
Gerald Jordan, NF ’82 – In memory of the deceased members of the class of 1982
Caroline Kagan and Max Lerner
Renée Kaplan, NF ’23
John F. Kelly, NF ’99
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
Ann E. Marimow, NF ’15
David Mazie, NF ’64
Morton A. Mintz, NF ’64
Nieman Class of 2004 – In memory of Bob and Nancy Giles (with gifts from: Erin Hoover Barnett, Endy Bayundi, Carol Bradley, Alan Cullison, Erik Eckholm, Indira Lakshmanan, Ju-Don Marshall, Laura Meckler, Carina Novarese, Susan Orlean, Don Schanche, David Stern and Doug Struck)
Nieman Class of 2024
Stephen Northup, NF ’74
Michael Petrou, NF ’18
Grzegorz Piechota, NF ’16
Julie Reynolds, NF ’09
Joseph H. Rodriguez, NF ’98
Paul Salopek, NF ’12
Mary Louise Schumacher, NF ’17
Jennifer Sharp, NF ’06
Mary Beth Sheridan, NF ’13
Rachel Emma Silverman (NF ’14) and Alexander Robinson
Mark Simon
David Skok (NF ’12) and Alison Loat
Judith Stoia, NF ’80
Akiko Sugaya (NF ’12) and Hiroshi Ishii
Sungkok Journalism Foundation
Wendi C. Thomas, NF ’16
Sarah Varney, NF ’24
Walter Watson, NF ’08
David Welna (NF ’98) and Kathleen Wheaton
YourCause, LLC

NF = Nieman Fellow