Total FY20 revenue for the Nieman Foundation decreased approximately 4.4% from FY19. Several significant developments affecting revenue included:

• One non-federal sponsored grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• A 60% decrease in gifts for current use. Funding for the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism (see more information below) accounted for approximately 70% of the FY20 current-use gifts. Half of the FY20 gift was received in FY19, accounting for the large increase in FY19 and large decrease in FY20. In FY19, Nieman also received a $70,000 gift to fund the Harry M. Davis Nieman Fellowship in Science Journalism, plus approximately $148,000 to fund the Worth Bingham Memorial Fund; similar amounts were not received in FY20.

The value of our investments increased approximately 1.4% from FY19 to FY20; our balance sheet remains strong, with almost $137,000,000 in long-term investments.

In FY20, Nieman received funding for one new fellowship and the continuation of two others:

• The Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism was created to support journalists who cover news in underserved communities in the United States. After completing their studies at Harvard, the Abrams Nieman Fellows 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 funds these fellowships. Three Abrams Nieman Fellows were selected for both the classes of 2019 and 2020, and two fellows were chosen for the class of 2021.
• 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. The fellowship was established to support any Turkish journalist accepted for a fellowship in the classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021. One fellowship was granted in the class of 2019 and one in the class of 2020.
• The Harry M. Davis Nieman Fellowship in Science Journalism was established by an anonymous donor made on behalf of Ella (Davis) Mazel in memory of her brother, Harry M. Davis, a science journalist and a Nieman Fellow in the class of 1941. The fellowship supported one journalist in the class of 2020.

The Nieman Foundation is deeply grateful to the many individuals, foundations, journalism organizations and other groups that support its programs each 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.

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

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Income received during FY20 and in FY21 prior to Dec. 6, 2020

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

The Abrams Foundation (the Abrams Nieman Fellowships for Local Investigative Journalism)

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

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

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (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 (one conference for journalists who cover climate change issues)

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

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

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

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

Income received during FY19 and in FY20 prior to Dec. 17, 2019

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

The Abrams Foundation (the Abrams Nieman Fellowships for Local Investigative Journalism)

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

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

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (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 (two conferences for journalists who cover nuclear issues and climate change issues)

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

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

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

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

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

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) 

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

Anonymous donor: one fellow from the United States (support for the Harry M. Davis Nieman Fellow in Science Journalism)

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Russia

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Niger

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 with Colombian/U.S. citizenship (support for the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowship)

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

The William Montalbano Endowment: one fellow from Zimbabwe

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow with Australian/Lebanese citizenship, and one fellow with Australian/U.K. citizenship

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from India

The Louis Stark Endowment: one fellow with U.S./Syrian citizenship (labor reporting fellowship)

Turkish Philanthropy Funds: one fellow from Turkey (support for the Robert L. Long Nieman Fellowship for Turkish Journalists)

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

The Carroll Binder Endowment: one fellow from Ukraine

The Barry Bingham Jr. Endowment: one fellow from Nigeria

The Atsuko Chiba Endowment: one fellow from Myanmar

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: one fellow with Colombian/U.S. citizenship (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 the United Kingdom

The Ruth Cowan Nash Endowment: one fellow from Italy and one fellow from Japan

The Robert Waldo Ruhl Endowment: one fellow from Germany

The Louis Stark Endowment: one fellow from Israel (labor reporting fellowship)

Turkish Philanthropy Funds: one fellow from Turkey (support for the Robert L. Long Nieman Fellowship for Turkish Journalists)

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Dragan Cicic, NF ’97

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Lori Cohen, NF ’97

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Ethan Liebermann

Paul Lieberman, NF ’80

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William (NF ’83) and Diane Marimow

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Michael Petrou, NF ’18

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Paul Salopek, NF ’12

Mary Louise Schumacher, NF ’17

Anne Scott

James Scott, NF ’07

Janet Scott – In memory of James Ahearn, NF ’71

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Mary Beth Sheridan, NF ’13

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