2014 Annual Report

As 2014 comes to a close, the Nieman Foundation’s balance sheet remains fiscally sound with a total of almost $133 million in long-term investments, up about 9 percent from FY13.

Total revenue increased by 6.8 percent over FY13, primarily due to:

• A 2 percent increase in endowment returns made available for operations
• Three non-federal sponsored grants (two from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and one from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
• Approximately $100,000 in ticket sales for the Nieman Foundation’s 75th Anniversary weekend

Total expenses increased by 12 percent, due to 75th Anniversary costs, expenses related to the non-federal sponsored grants listed above and repairs to the Lippmann House.

Gifts from individuals, foundations, journalism organizations and other groups help support Nieman Foundation programs each year, including Nieman Fellowships, journalism awards, outreach programs, conferences and other special projects that help educate journalists on campus and around the globe.

Nieman is deeply grateful to all who help carry out the foundation’s goals and our mission to “promote and elevate the standards of journalism and educate persons deemed specially qualified for journalism.”

Those who wish to make a gift to the Nieman Foundation may make a donation online or send a check payable to the Nieman Foundation at the address below.

The foundation is currently welcoming contributions to support the Anja Niedringhaus Nieman Fellowship for Visual Journalism, which honors 2007 Nieman Fellow Anja Niedringhaus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who was shot and killed while on assignment in Afghanistan in April 2014.

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Income received during FY14 and in FY15 prior to Dec. 22, 2014

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

Christopher J. Georges Journalism Fund (support for an annual student journalism conference)

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (support for the Nieman Journalism Lab and “!nstant,” a mobile app designed to verify and provide context to breaking news on social media)

Estate of Walter Lippmann (general support for the foundation)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (conference on immigration reporting held in October 2013)

Murrey and Frances Marder Endowment

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

I.F. Stone Endowment Fund

Taylor Family Award Fund (honoring fairness in journalism)

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

The Asia Society: one fellow from South Korea

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Spain

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Egypt

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Indonesia

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: one fellow from Cuba and one from Chile (support for the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowships)

The Louis M. Lyons Memorial Fund

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

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from England

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

The Nieman Society of Southern Africa: one fellow from South Africa

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation: two fellows from the United States (one fellowship in community journalism and one in business journalism)

Sovereign Bank and the Marco Polo Program of Banco Santander: one fellow from China

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from France

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

The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, formerly known as the Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Foundation: one fellow from the Philippines

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Afghanistan

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Nigeria

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Italy

The Martin Wise Goodman Trust: one fellow from Canada

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

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from New Zealand

Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Mexico

The Nieman Society of Southern Africa: one fellow from South Africa

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation: two fellows from the United States (one fellowship in community journalism and one in business journalism)

Sovereign Bank and the Marco Polo Program of Banco Santander: one fellow from China

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Romania

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

Anita Baca
James Ahearn,  NF ’71
The Associated Press
Clara Bingham
Thomas A. Blinkhorn, NF ’68
Christopher E. Bogan, NF ’82
Simeon S. (NF ’51) and Carol M. Booker Jr.
Henry S. (NF ’69) and Monica P. Bradsher
Daniel B. Brewster Jr., NF ’83
David Burby
Ned (NF ’74) and Linda Cline
Jan Collins, NF ’80
Mary Curtis (NF ’06) and Martin Olsen
George de Lama, NF ’92
Marty and Carol Eckstein
Mark Ethridge, NF ’86
John Geddes, NF ’03
General Electric Foundation
Robert (NF ’66) and Nancy Giles
Ellen H. Goodman (NF ’74) and Robert L. Levey
Gerald Grant, NF ’68
William R. Grant, NF ’80
Gunter R. Haaf, NF ’76
John Harwood, NF ’90
Maria Henson, NF ’94
John (NF ’61) and Mary E. Herbers Jr.
David Herrera
Ramana Jandhyala
Gerald Jordan, NF ’82
Arthur Z. and Virginia P. Kamin
Blair Kamin, NF ’13
Jerry Kammer, NF ’94
David J. Kraslow, NF ’62
Thomas & Carol Langfitt Family Foundation
Nancy Lee, NF ’87
Siew Ying Leu, NF ’08
David C. Lewis, NF ’94
Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90
Samuel Loewenberg, NF ’12
John MacCormack, NF ’88
William (NF ’83) and Diane Marimow
David Mazie, NF ’64
Maggie Mulvihill, NF ’05
Nieman Class of 2013
Stephen Northup, NF ’74
C.M. Pride, NF ’85
Jennifer Sharp, NF ’06
David Skok, NF ’12
Spark Camp, Inc.
Pam Spaulding, NF ’85
Judith Stoia, NF ’80
Carol Surkin, NF ’72
E. Frank Sutherland, NF ’78
Josephine Thomas, NF ’71
Robert R. Timberg, NF ’80
Nick Valery, NF ’84
Walter Watson, NF ’08
William (NF ’77) and Carolyn Wheatley

NF = Nieman Fellow