Total revenue for the Nieman Foundation increased approximately 5 percent in FY17 from FY16.  Several significant fiscal developments include:

• A 4 percent increase in endowment returns made available for operations
• Two non-federal sponsored grants – one from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and one from the Open Society Foundations
• A 150 percent increase in gifts for current use, due in large part to the Knight News Match program*

While the value of our investments decreased approximately 4.5 percent from FY16 to FY17, our balance sheet remains strong, with almost $131,000,000 in long-term investments.

* Following a winter fundraising campaign, the Nieman Foundation received a grant of $25,000 from the Knight News Match program through the program’s fiscal sponsor, The Miami Foundation. The Nieman Foundation raised almost $73,000 through this campaign with generous donations made by many alumni and friends.

Also in 2017, Nieman received funding for two new fellowships:

• Three Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism will support up to three journalists who cover news in underserved communities in the U.S. After a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, they will receive financial support for public service fieldwork that may last up to nine months. The foundation is grateful to Nieman Advisory Board member Amy Abrams, whose Abrams Foundation will fund these fellowships.
• The Robert L. Long Nieman Fellowship for Turkish Journalists, offered in partnership with Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF), honors the memory of U.S. journalist, filmmaker and news executive Robert L. Long and will support Turkish candidates who are accepted for a Nieman Fellowship in the next three years.

In an effort to bolster quality journalism, 2016 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow Maya Baratz Jordan launched her “Trust the Press” campaign to raise money for six nonprofit journalism organizations, including the Nieman Foundation. Participants who purchase a “Trust the Press” T-shirt also support the work of National Public Radio (NPR), ProPublica, the Nieman Foundation, Columbia Journalism Review, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and Retro Report.

The Nieman Foundation is grateful to the many individuals, foundations, journalism organizations and other groups that support its programs each year. These generous gifts help fund Nieman Fellowships, publications, journalism events and awards, conferences and other special projects that help educate journalists on campus and around the globe and help advance Nieman’s mission and long-term goals.

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. All correspondence should be mailed to:

Development Office
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One Francis Avenue
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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.

Income received during FY17 and in FY18 prior to Dec. 14, 2017

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

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)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (upcoming conference for journalists on covering nuclear issues)

The Miami Foundation (general support for the foundation through the Knight News Match campaign)

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)

Open Society Foundations (support for the Nieman Lab)

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

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

Income received during FY16 and in FY17 prior to Dec. 19, 2016

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

The Democracy & Media Foundation (Stichting Democratie en Media) (fellowship for a Dutch journalist)

The Eskin Family 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)

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

Thomas & Carol Langfitt Family Foundation (general support for the foundation)

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)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (conference for journalists on covering housing and related issues)

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 Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from South Africa

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Kenya

The Sandra Burton Scholarship Fund for Filipino Journalists, one fellow from the Philippines

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Australia

The Martin Wise Goodman Trust: one fellow from Canada

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

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

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from the United Kingdom

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from the Czech Republic and one fellow from Spain

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from India

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

The Asia Foundation: one fellow from South Korea

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Germany

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Malawi

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Nepal

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

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

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from England

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Sweden, and one fellow from the Ukraine

The Alicia Patterson Foundation: one fellow from the United States

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Germany

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

Amy and David Abrams
Yevgenia M. Albats, NF ’93
Alicia Patterson Foundation
Rosental Alves, NF ’88
Laura (NF ’13) and Chris Amico
Anonymous
Ken Armstrong, NF ’01
Melissa Bailey, NF ’15
Susie Banikarim, NF ’14
Neal Bansal
Maya Baratz Jordan, NF ’16
David Barboza (NF ’16) and Lynn Zhang
Roberta Baskin (NF ’02) and James Tengrove
Jake Batsell
Amanda Bennett and Donald Graham
Fernando Berguido, NF ’11
Jonathan Binas
Mariah Blake, NF ’16
Robert Blau, NF ’97
Ludovic Blecher, NF ’13
Thomas A. Blinkhorn, NF ’68
Christopher E. Bogan (NF ’82) and Mary Jo Barnett
Emily Boghossian
Michelle Boorstein, NF ’17
Lolly Bowean, NF ’17
Joseph L. Bower
Caroline and David Bragg
Helen Branswell, NF ’11
Daniel B. Brewster Jr., NF ’83
Tyler Bridges, NF ’12
Klaus Brinkbaeumer
Gregory Brock, NF ’94
Gabe Bullard, NF ’15
Lisa Bullock
Tyler Cabot (NF ’14) and Iliana Konidaris
Eugene Carlson, NF ’76
Cheryl Carpenter, NF ’05
Sarah Christian
Henry Chu (NF ’15) and James Baer
Ned (NF ’74) and Linda Cline
Lori Cohen, NF ’97
Christopher Cousins, NF ’07
Douglas (NF ’87) and Elizabeth Cumming
Laura Davis
Nancy Day, NF ’79
George de Lama, NF ’92
Yuyu Dong, NF ’07
Zvi Dor-Ner, NF ’77
James S. (NF ’65) and Ann G. Doyle
Borja Echevarria, NF ’13
Kitty Eisele, NF ’15
Roberto (NF ’86) and Maria Eisenmann
Danielle Engelman and Michael McElligott
Cara Erickson
June C. Erlick
Mark Ethridge, NF ’86
Talton Figgins
Felicia Fonseca, NF ’17
Alexandra Garcia, NF ’13
Gilbert (NF ’83) and Cathryn Gaul
James Geary, NF ’12
Marilyn Geewax, NF ’95
Robert (NF ’66) and Nancy Giles
Katherine Goldstein (NF ’17) and Travis Morrison
Ellen H. Goodman (NF ’74) and Robert L. Levey
Alexander Gordon
William (NF ’99) and Karin Graves
Anna Griffin, NF ’12
Janna and Jonathan Greene
Mark Harrington
Anita Harris, NF ’82
Katherine A. Harting, NF ’79
John Harwood, NF ’90
Ramona Hattendorf
Vivian Haun
Carolyn Henderson
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Maria Henson, NF ’94
Evelyn Hernandez, NF ’07
David Himmelstein (NF ’83) and Robin Deutsch
Leslie Hook, NF ’14
John Hughes, NF ’62
Anne Hull, NF ’95
Derrick Z. Jackson (NF ’84) and Dr. Michelle Holmes
Damakant Jayshi (NF ’07) and Rupa Neupane
Alex Jones, NF ’82
Maggie Jones, NF ’12
Gerald Jordan, NF ’82
David Joyner, NF ’12
Caroline Kagan
Blair Kamin, NF ’13
Yaakov Katz (NF ’13) and Chaya Bina
Julia Keller, NF ’98
Margaret Kleber
Gary Knight (NF ’10) and Fiona Turner
Robert Korengold, NF ’64
Dina Kraft (NF ’12) and Gilad Rosenzweig
Melody Kramer (NF ’15) and Abigail Haydon
David J. Kraslow, NF ’62
Eduardo Lachica, NF ’68
Marlin Lasater
Celeste LeCompte, NF ’15
Chong-ae Lee, NF ’13
Nancy Lee, NF ’87
Mitchel (NF ’59) and Gloria Levitas
Siew Ying Leu, NF ’08
David C. Lewis, NF ’94
Joseph Lichterman
Susan Lichterman
Paul Lieberman, NF ’80
Jie Lin, NF ’04
Albert Lindler, NF ’84
Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90
Ellie Lottero
Rose Luqiu Luwei, NF ’07
Hamish Macdonald, NF ’16
Barbara Mahany
Coleman Mark
Ann E. Marimow, NF ’15
William (NF ’83) and Diane Marimow
David Mazie, NF ’64
Jennifer (NF ’13) and Brent McDonald
Victor McElheny, NF ’63
Lori McGrath
Cameron McWhirter, NF ’07
Mary Meehan, NF ’16
Walter (NF ’67) and Barbara Meek
Souad Mekhennet, NF ’13
Ian (NF ’62) and Marla Menzies
Morton A. Mintz, NF ’64
Jacqueline H. Nelson
Nieman Class of 2007
Stephen Northup, NF ’74
Amy Nutt, NF ’05
Jay (NF ’47) and Dorothy Odell
Betsy O’Donovan, NF ’13
Finbarr O’Reilly, NF ’13
Jeneé Osterheldt, NF ’17
Grzegorz Piechota, NF ’16
Clarice Pik Shan Pang
Paul Plutnicki
David Pond
C.M. (NF ’85) and Monique Pride
Hong Qu, NF ’13
Roy E. (NF ’64) and Norma P. Reed
Walter Regan, NF ’92
Julie Reynolds, NF ’09
Heidi Ross
Carol K. Rowe
Paul Salopek, NF ’12
Fae Saulenas
Donald Schanche, Jr., NF ’04
Stephen R. Scholtz
Kevin Schultz
Mary Louise Schumacher, NF ’17
Samiha Shafy, NF ’12
Jennifer Sharp, NF ’06
Mary Beth Sheridan, NF ’13
Margot Shorey
Subina Shrestha (NF ’17) and Thomas Bell
Catherine Shuster and Stephen Stetson
Matthew Siegel
Rachel Emma Silverman (NF ’14) and Alexander Robinson
Carl Sims, NF ’73
David Skok (NF ’12) and Alison Loat
Robert C. Smith, NF ’61
Scott C. and Martha Smith
Jane Spencer, NF ’13
Judith Stoia, NF ’80
Akiko Sugaya, NF ’12
Xan Tanner
Josephine Thomas, NF ’71
Wendi C. Thomas, NF ’16
Marilyn Thompson
Bronwyn and Ryan Thornburg
Kim Tingley, NF ’16
Dawn Turner Trice, NF ’15
Thien Huong Tran, NF ’07
Louis Ureneck, NF ’95
Nuri Vallbona, NF ’01
Nabil Wakim (NF ’15) and Audrey Cerdan
Shan Wang
Walter Watson, NF ’08
Amy Webb, NF ’15
Nancy Webb (NF ’84) and Richard Shafer
Christopher Weyant (NF ’16) and Anna Kang
David Welna (NF ’98) and Kathleen Wheaton
Louis Wiley Jr.
Edwin N. Williams, NF ’73
Laura Wides-Munoz (NF ’13) and Carlos Munoz
Wonbo Woo, NF ’16
Jonathan Yales
Benjamin Zlotoff

NF = Nieman Fellow